A PS4 controller in a Paris department store November 29, 2013
A joystick PS4 in a Parisian store November 29, 2013 – Joel Saget AFP

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Online services PlayStation consoles (Sony) and Xbox (Microsoft) continued to be disrupted Saturday morning after an alleged cyber attack Thursday, but the two firms reported a gradual improvement.

“Services PS3 networks, PS4 and Vita slowly returning online –Please your patience,” stated Saturday morning’s Twitter account dedicated to the Sony PlayStation.

When the Xbox from Microsoft, the situation was similar to that of Friday afternoon after the website dedicated to this game console. Namely, that services were almost all restored, with the exception of three applications.

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The offline these networks began on Thursday, Christmas day when many players have unwrapped their new console and have attempted to connect to servers for first time. These problems have arisen in the wake of the decision of Sony and Microsoft to broadcast on PlayStation (on a date to) and Xbox Video Interview kills! Comedy Sony studios in an attempt assassination orchestrated by the CIA of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

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There are a month, the Sony studios were the subject of a massive computer attack that the FBI after investigation attributed to North Korea. Pyongyang, which had openly declared hostile to the release of this film, denies.

After canceling at first the film scheduled for 25 December, Sony has done an about face and its programmed output in some movie theaters in the US on Christmas Day and on the internet on 24 December including from the Xbox and PlayStation soon.

No link has yet been officially established between piracy Sony Studios and problems encountered by Xbox and PlayStation networks.