We have finally got the PSN back up and working in the West and the rest of the world except in Japan. Playstation Store is also going to most likely resume its service starting tomorrow. What did this whole deal cost Sony? Read more after the break.
Sony has officially estimated the total costs of the breach and restoration at about $171 Million. This will provide a major blow to Profits of Sony in this fiscal year. Sony has said this in their official earning forecast and we quote:
“Based on information currently available to Sony, our currently known costs associated with the unauthorized network access are estimated to be approximately 14 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012,”
This is just the estimated price, the final actual costs are not yet known.