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Sony offers discounts, extensions to make up for outage after hack

The Wrap
January 2, 2015 at 6:53PM
Andrew House, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment, introduces PlayStation 4 for the first time.
Andrew House, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment, introduces PlayStation 4 for the first time. (Associated Press - Pr Newswire/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Sony Corporation is attempting to make amends for service disruptions due to a Christmastime network hack. In a Thursday blog post by Sony Network Entertainment Vice President Eric Lempel, the company offered a free five-day membership extension to all PlayStation Plus members who were active or on a free trial on Dec. 25.

Additionally, the company will be granting a one-time 10 percent total cart purchase discount for the PlayStation Store for all PlayStation Network members.

On Christmas Day, a group named Lizard Squad took credit for taking down Sony's PSN and Microsoft's XBox Live. The same group claims to have struck the Sony gaming network earlier in December.

Read Lempel's blog post below, titled "A Holiday Thank You."

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