TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer says PlayStation Network gamers are "very loyal" and returning to the service in big numbers, as he sought to reassure shareholders following a series of embarrassing hacker attacks.
Stringer apologized for the data breach in April, which compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts. Sony was criticized for lax security and acting too slowly to inform customers.
Stringer said at an annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo that as many as 90 percent of subscribers have come back since the Japanese company began restoring service last month.
Executives reiterated that the attacks have not derailed Sony's core strategy of more deeply connecting its hardware, content and services.