Actually.. Sony too down their network to rebuild it differently.. They had intentions of this since George Hotz jail broke the PS3..As for the CC information, it was too encrypted to be hacked.. So no one got the CC information... and a good chunk of people put false information on their account... What the hacker did get, is already public knowledge on the internet.. the minute you have any kind of utilities, rental agreements, own property, storage units, etc...your address becomes public... PSN should be up around May 2nd/3rd if things go well.. They're not going to open the network until they know their defenses are strong, and secure..
People tend to forget: xbox live has been down 3 times in its existence.. 7 days, 11 days and 14 days.....ALSO xbox live has been hacked before, having people's accounts stolen with passwords changed.. They also used people's XBL points to change account names.. I know this for a fact, because it happened to my brother..
I own both a PS3 and xbox.. I prefer my PS3 any day of the week.. Honestly, PS3 is the better console, and this is the FIRST hiccup for PSN in the almost 5 years its been operating.. That speaks volumes compared to XBL... Plus, PSN is FREE.. On top of that, PS3 does more then Xbox360, better resolution for gaming, 3D capabilities, and better surround sound output.. Plus, the PS3s had 1/5th the failure rate of xbox360s RROD (Thats the 40/60/80gb YLOD).. Xbox had numerous different hardware failures RROD, E74 Error, etc.. Most people's launch 'Fat Body' PS3s are still running strong, and I doubt there is many launch 360s still going..