Did you spend the Christmas weekend not playing games on your PS4? Could you not watch Netflix because the server couldn’t validate your license? With the DDOS attacks affecting Microsoft and Sony for the weekend it was only a matter of time before the idea of apologies was thrown around. Well, Sony has dropped their news via the PlayStation Blog that all Plus Members who were affected by the outage will automatically have their service extended by 5 days. Also, PSN members will receive a coupon code allowing a one time discount of 10% off of an entire cart purchase. There you have it, the Lizard Squad ruined gaming for a few days to “prove a point”, but its ok because we get a coupon.
Happy New Year! Since access to PlayStation Network was impacted during the holidays, we wanted to show our appreciation for your patience by offering all PlayStation Plus members that had an active membership or free trial on December 25th a membership extension of five days. The extension will be automatically applied, so no action is necessary to receive the extension. We will post additional information here on PlayStation.Blog when the extension becomes available. If your membership or trial ends before the extension is available, you will receive five days of Plus to enjoy once the extension becomes available (we will notify you when).
In addition, sometime this month we will announce that for a limited time, we will be offering a 10 percent discount code good for a one-time discount off a total cart purchase in the PlayStation Store as a thank you to all PSN members.
This discount can be used toward content available on PS Store including blockbuster new releases, award winning indie games, game add-ons and season passes, and an enormous selection of TV and Movies.
In case you missed it, click here to read about all the great games included in the January 2015 PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection lineup.
Thanks again to all our loyal PlayStation fans and welcome to our newest console owners. Wishing you all a very happy holiday.