Thanks to CaptnSpaulding in the forums for doing some great detective work and finding in the EU Playstation forums a message by community team leader, Elixor
Quoted from the Google translate version of the page, or see the original page in French here
A maintenance PLAYSTATION Network is scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday 14 October 2008).
Tuesday October 14 at 21:00
Wednesday October 15 at 02:00During this maintenance you can not connect to PLAYSTATION Network.
If you are connected before you should be able to play online without problem.Thank you for your understanding.
Rumours are abound this is in preparation for FW v2.50, some rumours go further and suggest Home is making an unexpected early appearance
3shirts | 13/10/2008 23:10
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If its home, I’ll eat my shoes
cc_star | 13/10/2008 23:13
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If it’s Home I’ll eat your shoes
momba14 | 13/10/2008 23:27
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lol
Jas-n | 14/10/2008 00:08
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And I shall eat your hat, if it’s one of those nacho ones.
BlingOnMyWrist | 14/10/2008 00:10
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And mine??
krayziek | 14/10/2008 04:08
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I’ll eat everybodys shoes
Speedyduck36 | 15/10/2008 19:20
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mmmmm, Shoes…
colossalblue | 13/10/2008 23:34
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It would be nice to be forewarned of this by Sony rather than having to wait for someone to find it and translate it!
Jas-n | 14/10/2008 00:07
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YAY, that means I can still play, but my LBP beta’s expired…. so I have nothing to play…. nooooooooooooooooo.
edgefusion | 14/10/2008 00:11
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That means it’s time to FREAK OUT!
Michael | 14/10/2008 03:54
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I’ve just eaten my home.
oMega-W | 14/10/2008 04:17
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I’ve updated. I don’t know what the fuck i updated though. I certainly don’t have Home though.
cc_star | 14/10/2008 08:42
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updated? is it live… it’s not for me
wolfehound22 | 14/10/2008 12:09
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This is strange that put’s it about 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm US time where I live. Now I believe Socom is released today although I still need to check with Gamestop to make sure. That means I will not be able to play it tonight which does not make sense. With one of Sony’s exclusive titles and the fact it is online only I would think they would not have PSN being down for any extendid period of time. So either I was wrong and Socom is actually released tomorrow or PSN will not be down or of course Sony is making a huge mistake here.
wolfehound22 | 14/10/2008 12:10
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*or Sony is making a huge mistake here. (didn’t mean to add the of course)
cc_star | 14/10/2008 12:55
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cc_star | 14/10/2008 13:05
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Yeah interesting point,
The FW update is reported to contain the feature which will enable the Sony headset to communicate in HQ mode with the PS3
It would have made sense for this to be live in time for the shops opening in the US, rather than peak time in the evening
We’ll have to see how it pans out
wolfehound22 | 14/10/2008 14:12
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Exactly why I figured it would of been live this morning when I got up. O well not like Sony has never been late with something before. Here’s to hoping I can at least play some Socom tonight wether U can talk on the Mic or not
jaksmakndaxter | 14/10/2008 22:48
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I didn’t know about the maintenance to PSN until I stumbled onto this site. Hello everyone,by the way
5M1L3Y | 15/10/2008 15:48
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better be 2.5 with flash 9 in there…
Speedyduck36 | 15/10/2008 19:22
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btw, when is home officialy scedualed for?
crow-sama | 14/10/2008 01:34
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don’t worry about that ill eat yours
oMega-W | 14/10/2008 03:54
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I don’t have a hat or shoes. Will you buy me a drink, instead? No? Bug’rem! Mmmm. Confectionary.
wolfehound22 | 14/10/2008 15:54
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well I just talked to Gamestop and no Socom till the 15th in the US at least if you got it thru Gamestop. So PSN going down tonight and the firmware update tomorrow does make sense now.
cc_star | 14/10/2008 16:03
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It comes out here same day as Res2 (28/11)…what kind of crazy release schedule is that!!
We would have liked the benefit of the h/set ready for when Res2 comes out… now for man peoples it’s going to be an either/or decision of which game to choose
wolfehound22 | 14/10/2008 18:01
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agreed that doesn’t make any sense. It would of been one thing if it was released on 28/10. But that is a month and a half after the US. Plus we get R2 on 4/11. That is really strange. But then again I guess you guys are getting used to this.