PSN Alive In Japan, May Return To NA/EU Tomorrow

Sony says some PSN services will return this week, and it appears Japan is already back up and functioning.

According to various sources and reports, there have been plenty of Twitter and Facebook entries that claim the Japanese Network has returned, although gamers in North America and Europe have no such luck just yet. Apparently, U.S. users can expect the PSN to be back up tomorrow, which just so happens to be the normal update day...sadly, without the Store, that won't mean much. We won't be able to access the Store for some time yet, although we should be able to play online with the resuming of services this week; and "this week" may mean "really soon." Also, just as a reminder, you will receive a mandatory firmware update that requires you to change your PSN password. You may also want to change some other data, if you're still leery about the system's stability.

At any rate, we'll keep a close eye on the PSN's status 'round these parts. Feel free to let us know the instant you see service return.

5/2/2011 9:51:31 AM Ben Dutka

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/8992.html

Excellent

Actually, it might have been just debunked:

http://onemorecastle.com/2011/05/02/japanese-psn-is-not-live/

This article also has no evidence too.

And it's Tuesday in Japan (3rd May).

True... I don't know if PSN is alive or not, but I doubt accessing japanese PSN accounts from the west is a reliable way to say if it is back again or not.

Besides, who ever heard of this site before?

Oh dear that's 2 fail threads in a row LivingMetal. Maybe you will be 3rd time lucky, or maybe you should get your news from somewhere other than psxextreme?

Apparently the rumour was started on facebook and it has then spread to the bottom pile news sites.

News would be literally everywhere if it were true. There are people in japan who can speak english believe it or not.

At least I have enough charatcer and dignity to openly admit that I could be mistaken without the intend to mislead unlike some users here.

I hope it returns tommorow. Maybe I can get alittle of crysis 2 multiplayer in. 

Hope it comes back tomorrow. Really wanted to try out the Portal 2 steam feature.   :)