@magusat999 You guys speak like if the US is just the center of the world. In Europe, except for the UK, no one has an Xbox. None of my friends has one. And the PS3 will still sell more than Xbox 360 by the end of this console generation, within a couple of years.
"This is akin to shouting 'Fire!' in a crowded theater when there is no imminent danger for some of you, but it's an enormously serious problem that shouldn't be taken lightly or overlooked." This pretty much sums up the whole article: exaggerated, unhelpful and biased. It's kind of annoying to witness this whole Sony bashing when the company has done a decent job in minimizing the effects of this criminal attack on its business. And I think that in a few months time everyone will distantly remember this whole mess while gladly playing Infamous 2 after having played Infamous for free.
I think your comments are a bit on the alarming side. The credit card information problem can be easily controlled; the identity theft is more serious, but (i) the probability that you're the one to be impersonated is very small and (ii) most details about you are probably already available on the net. I'm an economics researcher and I know I would do a lot of interesting statistical analysis of the data; but I think the dangers are quite mild. I'm not worried, I must say, and I'm hugely glad that PSN is back!
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