PSN Back Online.

What better day to return to work than on the day PSN returns to the masses. Or, more accurately, to the masses that kept their PS3s. Personally, I feel that response might have been going overboard, but who am I to talk? After all, my core system is my 360 and I don't rely on PSN for anything but the occasional DLC or buying old Playstation games (I'm currently in the middle of Final Fantasy IV). But after monitoring (refreshing the page of) the site that covered the North American return of service and reading the comments, I do feel like I have to throw something out there.

I don't think all Sony fanboys look like this. I just really like Freakazoid.

Reading the comments has proven to be interesting as it flies in the face of the fact that a lot of people on the internet act like massive assholes when they post on sites. I used to think the anonymity was the reason until I looked at a comment feed on something I was a fan of on facebook. But this bothered me for a different reason, people were being TOO nice. Users were thanking Sony for getting things back up, doing their job, and keeping our information safe. Here's the thing, Sony didn't do ANY of that. First of all, Sony has always sucked at staying in touch with their consumers. Just look at the company's comments about the PS3 before it came out. It's one of the reasons it took me so long to buy one. It was no different this time. Millions of people turned on their PS3s A MONTH AGO to find no service and Sony was too busy fumbling over themselves to tell us our information might have been compromised. And it was compromised. When I read the comment thanking Sony for keeping our info safe I nearly laughed. I welcome back the PSN, but Sony deserves no thanks for just doing their job, and doing it badly. I would say overwhelming support would keep them from learning their lesson, but the retail figures indicate I'm only talking to a minority here.

So to this minority, I say this. Your job as a consumer is not to kiss the ass of the company. You need to accept the fact that your beloved Sony screwed the hell up. Fanboyism has never been good for the medium. I was one of the first Nintendo lovers to express distaste with the company during that abysmal Wii drought. If you truly love something you discipline it when it does something wrong. You have no need to thank Sony. Think beyond your console allegiance.

Oh, and to the hackers that ruined it for everyone in the first place, you are among the biggest douchebags in existence and there is a special circle of hell reserved specifically for you.

Hacking won't save your anal cavities from this guy.