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http://us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm...

playstations official response. hope it helps!

I'm having exactly the same problem. For a moment I thought my PS3 had been banned. I hope that PSN is under maintenance. I hope it is resolved quickly. Today I am lonely and wanted to use the Internet. See ya. Good luck. My version of PS3 is 80 GB, not backward. Which version do you have?

Psn Error 80023017

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i experienced a ps3 error 80023017?

i went into my account today and a message in the top right corner said i could not log in cos my username or password was incorrect so i went to manual sign in and my email and password were there so i pressed sign in and it said again that my username or password were incorrect so then i went to...

I have just been on the Sony website and it say the PSN will be down till 5pm.

It is now 7.45pm and i still cant get on!! Is anybody else still having this problem??

I have just seen now that the PSN network could be down till 2am tommorow morning what could possibly be taking this long??

The psn will be doing maintence for 9 hours today, which is probably why you are having trouble. Check out there site info, http://us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm...

Hope this helps.

me to, i just did the system update after i got home an hour ago (sep 21) and my password was reset and it said incorrect, when my sign in did itself auto for 2 years, i know my pass but its saying incorrect someone plz help me and this guy

Just happened too me also, glad im not the only one haha. So you shouldn't worry, I guess it's issue on Sony's end

the servers are down for maintenance mate , everyones getting these error , itll be working after 5 , us time i think , i know itsa bummer :/

it happened to me too i thought i got banned and today is a special day a ZOMBIE DAY add me PSN:d2344c