Sony Quietly Snuffing Out PSN Data Slurpers
PS3TrophyCard.com is having issues with their site, and they’ve placed the blame directly on Sony’s shoulders.
“We apologize for the issues our service has experienced over the last few weeks. Sony has invested resources to actively work against sites like PS3TrophyCard.com which has made it impossible to update newer games with our current system.”
The website is known for grabbing PSN data and converting it into [shal]banners[/shal] and [shal]forum[/shal] signatures for its members, and, strangely enough, only Sony Europe has been willing to provide PS3 owners with trophy sigs. [shal]SCEJ [/shal] and [shal]SCEA[/shal] are still behind in this regard. Considering how popular these third party features are, hopefully Sony will choose to help out these fledgling sites and support their loyal userbase.
Then again, this [shal]bandwidth[/shal] tapping on the websites’ part may be the main reason Sony is making their PSN data more secure. And there’s no telling what the overall cost may be on Sony’s end.
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10 Responses to “Sony Quietly Snuffing Out PSN Data Slurpers”
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July 6th, 2009 at 10:32 AM
BOOO SONY!
July 6th, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Still think they should have a social site like Playfire.com
July 6th, 2009 at 12:11 PM
PS3TrophyCard is making money from slurping data off the PSN. Sony isn’t getting a cut. I wouldn’t make it easy on them either.
July 6th, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Well Since Phil Harrison was removed from his position of responsibility the idea of a website like he revealed at E3-07 are things that will either take longer or will not happen. Phil would have had this issue done and out of the way a long time ago. But since the Japanese managers have now taken control any ideas that were a part of Phil’s philosophy of what Home should be are now DEAD!!!
July 6th, 2009 at 12:32 PM
I agree with filtyQuid there website is making money off Sony’s data.
July 6th, 2009 at 12:35 PM
just get one from sony europe, no?
July 6th, 2009 at 3:24 PM
No wonder my newer games haven’t been showing up. I never bothered to find out what the problem was. And all this time I thought they were partnering with Sony. This is a shame. The whole reason people turn to these third party community sites is because the community aspect(s) of PSN is so lacking to begin with.
July 6th, 2009 at 5:04 PM
We indeed turn to these sites because Sony hasn’t supported the feature yet, but I could’ve sworn Sony was with Playfire on those cards? Could be wrong, but honestly if it’s costing Sony money it’s only makes sense for them to stop it.
Hopefully Sony will get some type of community running that isn’t Home, cause Home hasn’t kicked off yet in my opinion. (For the majority of us that is)
Even when it does, it should have a different community for those whom don’t want to use Home.
July 6th, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I just want my damn card to work.
July 7th, 2009 at 1:36 PM
If it’s costing Sony money, then get rid of them. Simple as that.