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Sony offers 5 free days of PlayStation Plus but no explanation for 24-hour 'operational issue,' Capcom to extend Monster Hunter Wilds beta to make up for downtime
Well that was weird.
Longtime developer and video maker Modern Vintage Gamer argued that some of the client-side behavior exhibited by PSN during the outage lends the DDoS theory credence. It remains to be seen if Sony will offer an official explanation for what happened—were I a PlayStation customer, I would rather have that peace of mind than any compensation for the downtime. Meanwhile, Capcom has tweeted that it is considering offering an extended window of play for the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, which was impacted by the downtime.
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