Turns out that not only is the PSN down but that hackers have compromised the entire network. Oh, but here’s the fun part. Turns out that Sony likes to spy on you a lot with your PS3. Hackers are claiming that the PS3 records virtually everything you do on the PS3 including messaging and the types of equipment you have hooked up to the device.

And your credit card numbers, complete with your address and security code? Turns out that Sony may have kept those records intact and in plain text!

What did they get?

Here is the data that Sony is sure has been compromised if you have a PlayStation Network Account:

Your name
Your address (city, state, and zip)
Country
E-mail address
Birthday
PSN password and login name

“It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained,” Sony announced. While the company claims that there is “no evidence” that credit card information has been compromised, it won’t rule out the possibility.
[via Arstechnica.com]

So if you are of the paranoid type you might want to keep tabs on this story as it develops. Sony apparently knew of the hack for a few days before acting which is a great detail for the upcoming lawsuits. But if it turns out that Sony is datamining your life away in an illegal fashion, well, that’s just gonna be a fun lawsuit to watch.

At the very least you should change some passwords and probably call in for a new credit card.

Sony demos its own motion controller, the PlaystationMove, at the GDC in San Francisco today that has made some headlines in the gaming industry.

The Wii-like wands will be used in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye camera, which is required and will be available later this fall.

The motion controller features a nunchuk-style controller coupled with second motion controller outfitted with a large, ping-pong like ball on the end.

If Sony can capitalize on the motion-control gaming sector, it can really make some gains in the market as the Nintendo Wii does not offer many of the more adult games you can find on the PS3.

Watch the presentation video below from G4 which goes over the controller as well as some new games for the PS3.