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Sony Suspends Thousands Of PlayStation Network Accounts in UK, Allegedly Because Of Issue With PayPal (kotaku.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the what's-happening? dept.

An anonymous reader writes: PlayStation Network (PSN) users in the UK who've paid via PayPal have had their accounts suspended. 'Thousands' of users this week received an automatic refund for purchases they made with the US money transfer service. According to game blog Kotaku, since Sony hasn't received money from those users, their accounts have been suspended. Neither Sony nor Paypal have addressed the issue yet.

3 of 35 comments (clear)

  1. Change the Headline by thechemic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The headline in its current form makes Sony look bad, and this isn't necessarily their fault. The headline should read, "PayPal initiate 1000s of charge backs to PlayStation Network Accounts for Unknown Reason Resulting in Suspensions."

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    Let's make like a bird... and get the flock outta here.
  2. Re:Renewal on Expiration Day? by omnichad · · Score: 3, Informative

    Replying to myself pre-emptively after actually reading the article to save anyone the trouble.

    These are payments that were made as much as two weeks ago, but essentially Sony never claimed the funds because their side was set up wrong so they were refunded automatically.

  3. Applies to more than consoles by spire3661 · · Score: 2

    IF this happened to me, i would also be locked out of the 'apps' on my Sony camera. (they offer apps that can do things in-camera that would normally take a full workstation to accomplish). I regret ever linking those accounts.

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    Good-bye