SCEE 'working incredibly hard' to offer protection for European PSN users [update: Sony to offer ID theft protection and free PS3, PSP games]

by Richard Mitchell on May 6th 2011 12:30PM

With Sony already offering identity theft protection to PSN users in the United States, PlayStation Blog Europe has posted an update on the situation for European customers. SCEE head of communications Nick Caplin stated "we are working incredibly hard to offer you something very similar" to the protection scheme offered to US PSN users.

Caplin noted that offering such a plan is "a very complicated thing to achieve" given the number of countries in the European region. That said, he added that Sony is "close" to finding a solution and hopes to announce something "very soon."

Update: Caplin has penned another PlayStation Blog post, detailing some of Sony's plans to offer compensation and identity theft protection to European PSN users. Caplin reiterated the difficulty in providing ID theft protection in different countries, though Sony hopes to "provide details of exactly which services are available in each country and explain how to sign up" by "early next week."

Furthermore, Sony will also offer free games to European PSN users. PS3 owners will be able to choose two free games from a selection of five. PSP owners will be able to choose two games from a selection of four. The available games should be announced "very soon."

Source: PlayStation Blog Europe

Tags: europe, identity-theft, playstation, ps3, psn, psn-outage-2011, psp, sony

Reader Comments (60)

If you have time to give a statement about how hard your working your not working hard enough.

@OmegaIXIUltima

If only SCEE had more than one employe....

@OmegaIXIUltima

Wouldn't it be nice if companies could employ more then one person, unfortunately with the way the economy is going employing people is a luxury most multi-nationals have had to give up.

@OmegaIXIUltima CORRECTION:

"If you have time to give a statement about how hard *you're* working*,* *you're* not working hard enough."

And you are not studying hard enough. Go back to school and pay attention to your teacher.

@SisypheanLife

Great, we all are going to get hacked again, because Nick, the only person running all of Sony in Europe is at the vending machine again. A great man once said "Our lives are in your hands and you have Butterfingers?"

@OmegaIXIUltima congratulations you won the most idiotic comment of the day award!

@DudeGuyMan
I probably should have put an exclamation mark too to make it easier for people to tell it was just a dumb joke.

@ApexOneder
Oh thank you! I worked so hard for it too!

@OmegaIXIUltima

I prefer to use the /AwfulJoke tag when I make a stupid comment, like this:

Sony Your-a-pee-ing-on customers

/AwfulJoke

I feel the header picture is a missed opportunity of putting horse armor on Europe.

I don't mean to pester but they said they would redeem online by this week that means they only have one until tomorrow to fulfill there promise

@Yisrael I'm sure they're working as quickly as they can. It's a complex issue, and it's taking them a bit longer than they had hoped it would.

@Yisrael Don´t know where you are, but in Europe they actually have until the day after tomorrow.
Todays friday, so sunday is the day of redemption...I hope.

@Yisrael

Weeks end is Sunday at Midnight.

Hello? HELLO?

@DigitalEmporer
No Sunday is the first day of the week so that means they have till Saturday night to fulfill there promise . But if they don't I don't mind just saying that the time they said it would be back online soon will pass

@Yisrael

What planet do you live on? Monday is the first day of a new week.
That is 00:00hrs, you know, AFTER Sunday.

:o/

@DigitalEmporer
I live on planet earth

@Yisrael

You could have fooled me.
Working week - MONDAY to FRIDAY.
Weekend - FRIDAY EVEVNING TO SUNDAY MIDNIGHT.

Monday = NEW WEEK.

Hello? Seriously, someone back me up here and tell this dude how a week works in the real world.

Puuurrlease!!

@Yisrael - Sunday is the last day of the week. That's why it's part of the weekEND.

@Paranoimia

Exactly my point ; a new week beings at Midnight Sunday. ie. Monday :D

@DigitalEmporer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday#Position_in_the_week

Sunday is the first day of the week for some people (mostly because of Christian beliefs). I believe the US, for one, has Sunday as the first day of each week.

*Ding* Dear Playstation, Im itching to play Portal 2 co-op online.

@CAPP360

I was playing Mass Effect 2 when this crap started. I can't even play that. I downloaded the DLC pack and my game won't load because I can't log into the PSN or the EA servers.

What about that little tiny piece of land above the US, called CANADA?? Sheesh, we aren't nice, polite, and patient ALL the time. :P

@DudeGuyMan Don't hold your breath.

@DudeGuyMan I'm still waiting for a first time :)

@DudeGuyMan

You guys are doing a good job as our hat.

@DudeGuyMan

Cana-who?

@DudeGuyMan

Woah woah woah woah woah...

Your up there? I thought you were all tucked down over there....

@DudeGuyMan

I like your bacon.

(What?? I was trying to find something nice to say :p )

@DudeGuyMan

Exactly my thought, what jurisdiction does Canada fall under...So apparently the 'A' in SCEA means (North) America...? Buy then why are we not being protected?

@dpaul420

I kinda have a feeling that Canadian PSN users might not get any protection since I'm pretty sure we fall under SCEA. I hope I'm wrong.

@dpaul420

ours is SCEC what usually happens for US happens for Canada most times for gaming. but when it comes too this .. we have to wait and see what is said. they said on the blog it would get more info on other regions soon enough. I highly doubt Sony will say Pah Screw Canadians they are Nobody.

@FriedConsole

and you guys are doing a good job as our underwear

what ? it's a 2 way street here.... you didn't expect no comment back were you :P

@HardBoiled2009

Thanks for that, I actually didn't know there was SCEC. I'd always just though we were under SCEA.

@DudeGuyMan
eh? canada sucks eh?

@FriedConsole
Tired joke is tired.

I wonder if we europeans get the DLC for White Knight Cronicles , now wkc2 is around the corner .
If you really care about us sony you will do that dont you?
I would be so happy too use a makeover ticket for a character instead of spending 300 hours on make one from the scratch too GR 10....

I have a nice deal for you sony , if you get us the DLC hell ill spontaniosly
take 1 extra month of psn plus just as a "Thank you Sony" how about that eh?

too late, allready got my 360

@malu05

God bless you sir.

@malu05

Cool bro man.

@malu05

hey you got a X-Box Yaaaaaaaaaaay!

well done, have a biscuit

Hmm don't really care about these extra additions as i could swear im having withdrawal synptoms.

To the point everytime i turn the damn thing on, miss the sign in error by looking away. I pan to the right and wait for the freinds list to grow like i usually would...

Sunday is considered the first day of the week in the Christian calendar and always has been. The term weekend is unofficial and irrelevant.

look out for more information on the rest of our Welcome Back programme, including which free content you will be eligible for. We will be offering PSN users the opportunity to select two PS3 games from a list of five, as well as offering PSP users the opportunity to choose two games from a list of four

@IREWolfman

expect really lame choices. Like... Vampire Rain lame...

Everyone seems so angry with sony but know this

Just like in the physical world these rules apply

Locks only keep honest people out
Anything made by man can be broken by man

Learn it Love it Live it

What is that picture supposed to be? The flubber goo from Portal 2?

@Dizazter

No, that's the ocean. It would be pretty cool if it was repulsion gel instead of water though.

@Ospov

Yeah I know, I just thought it sorta looked like one of those pictures that could be seen two different ways. Like is it a map of europe - or a picture of blue goo splattered on a cement wall?

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