Sony will turn on most features of the PlayStation Network within a week and offer its customers a selection of free downloads, it said early Sunday morning.
The PlayStation maker's online service for its PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles will come back online this week following a massive security breach in which the personal information of over 70 million accounts, possibly including credit card numbers, was obtained by a hacker, Sony said in a Tokyo press conference.
Online gameplay for PS3 and PSP, access to account management features, the PlayStation Home virtual world and other features will go live this week. Other features, including the PlayStation Store downloadable games shop, will not come back online until later in May, Sony said.
As an apology to PlayStation owners, Sony said it would give them a variety of goodwill gifts. A selection of downloadable content will be offered to users at no charge. Every user will receive 30 free days of PlayStation Plus premium service.
All PlayStation 3 owners will have to download a system update and change their passwords before they will be allowed to sign in to the service again; all password changes must take place on the PlayStation 3 console on which the password was originally registered. This, says Sony, is an additional security measure.
Sony has issued a press release detailing the rollout of service and the "Welcome Back" package.
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