14 Controversial Video Game Moments That Pissed Off The Fanboys

11. PlayStation Network Goes Down For The Count

Sony's PlayStation 3 was considerably the most sophisticated home gaming platform of its time; capable of running Linux, playing Blu Ray DVDs, surfing the internet, and could even become a super computer when combined with a staggering amount of units. But the PS3 wasn't safe for work thanks to its vulnerable online service, the PlayStation network. In April, 2011, the company's cyber security policies were put to the test when unknown hackers breached the PSN and Qriocity services twice, compromising the personal data of 77 million user accounts which resulted in the largest cyber security breach in history. Sony was forced to shut down the services soon after for maintenance and investigation, creating an outage that lasted a month. But Sony's reckless actions during that period would only make matters worse. Whether PSN was vulnerable to external intrusion, users expected Sony to deliver the satisfaction they were guaranteed from the start. But for some reason, Sony held back information concerning the possible theft of credit card and login information from the public for a whole week. The news motivated several groups into launching a barrage of class action lawsuits against Sony for their reckless endangerment of user data, and the company was eventually fined. Although Sony apologized and compensated affected users with free games and a month subscription to PlayStation Plus, the revelation of the company's disregard for user data security and its business practices back then are like pouring salt on an old wound today.