The lights are on
A strange email popped up in my inbox last week. It was a note about the PSN breach (yes, the one that happened in 2011) and a code for The PlayStation 3 title The Puppeteer.
After almost five years, Sony is now dishing out codes for games. If you claimed games as part of the “Welcome Back” program that was originally offered when the service came back online, you could pick from one game. If you didn’t download any of those, you could get two.
The settlement was finally approved in July 2014. Affected users began to choose their compensation games in January 2015.
It’s taken 13 months since then to iron out the distribution and get game codes to users. So if you see a strange email show up in your inbox, that’s why you’re getting it. The code is legit, but if you’ve upgraded to a current-gen console, it might be a bit too late.
Our TakeThe unfortunate nature of interactive entertainment is that digital games sharply decline in value over time. The sad fact of our legal system is that it often takes years for class action settlements to reach affected users. Put them together and you have compensation that means little to users today, even if they found value when it was first offered.
Sweet PSN lol
Good peace offering! How much that cost ya Sony? $0? I guess got to recoup the legal fees and bad press some how.
We all need a little more Kevin Butler in our lives.
Five years too late @Sony smh
I miss K-But.
Typical Sony bs.
I feel like I did this because that was in my prime of playing online PS3. But I couldn't for the life of me remember if I chose to get a free game or not or what that game was. This is pretty useless by now.
Gee Thanks a lot
So I distinctly remember picking two games and maybe a theme yet I got a ratchet and clank theme and a wipeout theme.
Oh, well. I still use my PS3 every once in a while so while this is super late for most at least I can still get some use out of it. If any of you guys have some extra codes for games you no longer want or you already bought in the meantime then at least I could use it if anyone is feeling generous. Just post them here or PM them if you don't want someone else to take it.
Hey, no complaints here, I got Dead Nation and Wipeout HD back in 2011 along with a free month of PS Plus, and then I just got a voucher for the first Infamous.
Lol
I just can't believe it was that long ago, time sure does fly by fast.
Lol. A PS3 theme and game? What percentage of these gamers will still be on the PS3?
I didn't know that lawsuits take this long to be settled.
I got my code immediately after the PSN outage.