We used to sing a song as kids. “Why are we waaaaaiting?” it went, along with various other poorly rhymed lines.

It’s getting ever more relevant now, especially as there’s precious little correspondence coming back from Sony regarding timescales or even word on the so-called “Welcome Back” pack.

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Sony Japan have just issued one such statement, though, although it doesn’t say anything particularly new other than they’re still working on it, and they’re still very sorry.

They’re still working on the final stages of the new security systems and they’re hoping to get the service up and running as soon as possible, says a translation.

They’re also trying to make Jelly Babies out of cardboard, say we.

However, Sony Japan have repeated that the roll-out of the PSN, once finalised, will be regional, so expect Japan first and Europe after that, once they’ve pushed out the required firmware update to everyone in stages.

Via GAF.