Remember that time when the PlayStation Network was breached? No?

Who can blame you? Most PlayStation 3 users have forgotten about it.

I know I have, especially after Sony’s generous “Welcome Back” Program, offering their consumers free games for loss of a service that was free to begin with.

It seems the outage didn’t affect the service as bad as most people thought. At the IFA Electronics show, Sony announced that the PS3 online service is doing much better than before the attack. Sony has also confirmed that more than 3 million new users joined the network after the breach.

According to Sir Howard Stringer, Sony CEO,

 “I’m pleased to tell you that the PSN is more secure and better than ever… We are aggressively expanding its content. We have more than 3 million new customers since the network came back online, and sales are exceeding what we had before the cyberattacks.” 

In a presentation that could only be described as uplifting, Stringer also said that the attacks may have temporarily slowed down their business but that it just helped them become a better company and that the worst times are all in the past.

 “This year, we at Sony have been flooded, we’ve been flattened, we’ve been hacked, we’ve been singed,” he continued. “”But the summer of our discontent is behind us. The past is a prologue to future possibility.” 

With more high profile games, DLC’s, and services joining the network everyday, as well as the free-to-join-and-use nature of the service, the outlook on the PlayStation Network looks bright even after the vicious breach earlier this year.

[Via CNET]