The victims of the Sony hack are PS3 online users, PSP online users, Qriocity users, SOE users...

If you go by number of people affected, the Sony hack is affecting many more people than the RROD did. The RROD is just more of a pain in the ass for a particular user (at least until the leaked private info starts biting).

In the end this is a apples-to-oranges comparison, because a hardware failure is quite different from a software failure... Let's just say that both the RROD and the Sony hack are very bad in different ways.

PS: If the leaked private info starts creating headaches for a significant number of people, IMO this will mean the Sony hack is much worse than the RROD was.

"PS3 online users, PSP online users, Qriocity users"

That means PSN users. It is affecting more people than rrod, but how much is it affecting is important.

Yeah, I kinda edited my post but apparently too late.

The PSN is down for about 2 weeks, While I've been through 3 360's and Microsoft did fuck all for me.

There is no arguement.

didn't Sony said only 900 credit card info were stolen??

that was 12,000 unencrypted cc numbers from 2007(from SOE server). Only 900 of those are still active, but don't worry, on that same unencrypted server they also had bank numbers(from what I heard)

Surely I am not the only one noticing how troll-ish the title is? PSN as a service isn't worse than RROD, is it?

That is not true, the Rod did not affects any  Xbox 360 user, I had never a Rod and I bought two Xbox 360s till now, the first is over 4 Years old now and still work, I donate my first Xbox 360 a year ago to my brother, it was only a 20GB Version an I needed more space and he had birthday at this time so I give him my 20GB box and bought a new one with 120GB. I never had a problem with one of my Xbox 360s. And my brother still play without any problems on my old 20GB Xbox 360.

The PSN hack not  only affected all PSN Users, it also affectet Gamedevelopers, the guys who made SOCOM maybe made there last Game because of the PSN goes down. All  Gamedevelopers who make Games which heavy rely on multiplayer or only be available over the PSN, are fucked of because of that. Valve with Portal 2,  Midway with Mortal kombat 9, and the Socom developers, and many small independent Developers. The PSN hack goes way beyond the 70 Million PSN Users.

A former fellow Sony employee called me to say, "Aren't you glad you didn't get a PS3!  All your private info would be out."

As I had debated back and forth for a long time between the two HD consoles.

I think the harm is how long the general public remembers it.  I had a Wii gaming friend laugh at me and say, “what? The ones that catch on fire?” when I told him I was getting an X360.  People remembered the catchphrase ‘the Red Ring of Death’ long after it wasn’t a problem.  (They even ask about the new model X360S.)

It also depends on if someone comes up with a catchy name for the PSN downage.  RROD has a cool ring, and people repeat it.  Plus the total amount of damage to people’s privacy – which is yet to be seen.

“Oh no! Not the Sony Anon-A-Net?”

 (Remember the SAAN of 2011-2012?)