PlayStation Network down till the end of May?

Rumors have spread recently that the disabled PlayStation Network could stay that way until at least May 31st. The network has been down now for almost three weeks and if the rumor is true that would put its total outage time around six weeks.

The patience of many has already been worn thin by what has been dubbed "The great PlayStation Network outage of 2011", on forums and comment boards across the web disgruntled users have expressed their dissatisfaction towards Sony. Some have already given up hope and sold their PlayStation 3's and converted to Microsoft's X Box 360.

While May 31st is not a date set in stone its source comes from a recent report from Bloomberg. In the article Sony spokesman Shigenori Yoshida is quoted as saying "Sony is uncertain when it can resume the services," Yoshida also went on to say "The company is in the process of adopting an improved security system and its plans to restart the services fully by May 31 is unchanged."

Many are taking this with a grain of salt after Sony has already missed three windows they claimed that service would be restored in, the most recent one being last week. Time shall tell if Sony will get the network up and running before the month's end or if they will again disappoint their eager fans.

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