A crucial piece of Sony's online infrastructure is slated to return on May 24, according to a memo sent to developers and publishers this week. Gaming news site Gamasutra obtained the note on the PlayStation Store, Sony's repository for gaming content and downloadable games.
The store is also a major source of additional revenue for developers, thus its return is highly anticipated. Backlogged content that was supposed to be released during the store's downtime will be made available on a rolling basis over the next few weeks, the note details.
It is also good news for PS3 owners: as part of Sony's "Welcome Back" package, each PSN user will be able to download two free games from a pool of titles that are currently available on the PlayStation Store.
Content originally scheduled to release on April 26 will be made available at launch, followed by the release of content for May 3 three days later. Additional releases will be made on the 31st as well as June 3, which will eliminate the backlog. Some content will be moved up depending on its urgency, Sony told developers.
Such changes will be made on a case by case basis, it said. "We thank you for your patience as we work to resume service of the PlayStation Store," its content manager Jack Osorno wrote in the note. What Osorno did not specify is whether Sony will provide any assistance to those developers who had incurred financial loss as a result of the outage.
One of those developers, Capcom, estimated that its losses as a result of the PSN downtime could cost "hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in revenue that were planned for within our budget."
The PSN outage definitely could make for an interesting time come earnings season. At that time, industry watchers will be able to get their first look at the true costs of the outage -- which likely have sent ripples through the entire gaming industry.
The store is also a major source of additional revenue for developers, thus its return is highly anticipated. Backlogged content that was supposed to be released during the store's downtime will be made available on a rolling basis over the next few weeks, the note details.
It is also good news for PS3 owners: as part of Sony's "Welcome Back" package, each PSN user will be able to download two free games from a pool of titles that are currently available on the PlayStation Store.
Content originally scheduled to release on April 26 will be made available at launch, followed by the release of content for May 3 three days later. Additional releases will be made on the 31st as well as June 3, which will eliminate the backlog. Some content will be moved up depending on its urgency, Sony told developers.
Such changes will be made on a case by case basis, it said. "We thank you for your patience as we work to resume service of the PlayStation Store," its content manager Jack Osorno wrote in the note. What Osorno did not specify is whether Sony will provide any assistance to those developers who had incurred financial loss as a result of the outage.
One of those developers, Capcom, estimated that its losses as a result of the PSN downtime could cost "hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in revenue that were planned for within our budget."
The PSN outage definitely could make for an interesting time come earnings season. At that time, industry watchers will be able to get their first look at the true costs of the outage -- which likely have sent ripples through the entire gaming industry.
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