[STEAM] 15 years ago today, the PlayStation Network went offline and didn’t come back for over 3 weeks

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Image via PlayStation For those of us old or aware enough to remember, this was a pretty wild time in the gaming community. Many were freaking out that their info had been stolen, while Xbox players were gloating about the fact that they could still play online during the once-rampant fanboy wars.

Sony soon announced "compensation" for users who were affected, which included the choice of two PS3 games and two PSP games from a predetermined list, along with 30 days of free PS Plus. I chose Wipeout HD/Fury and LittleBigPlanet, because I owned the other options (InFamous, Dead Nation, and Super Stardust HD). Hey, a couple free games were quite alright by me.

Later that year, Sony

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that there was "no confirmed evidence any credit card or personal information" was being "misused." So, when the dust cleared, the outage for me just meant a long time without online gaming, which gave me a good chance to finish Mortal Kombat's story mode and practice a lot against the CPU.

Are you old enough to remember the great PSN hack of 2011, or do you live without back pain?

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