PSN Going Down For Maintenance: Today
(Update) - Maintenance cancelled.
Published: 14:00, 21/10/2010 by Staff.
28Just as heads up: the PlayStation Network is going down for maintenance in two hours, for four hours.
From 4PM BST until 8PM BST you won’t be able to sign into the PlayStation Network, although you may still be able to use the PSN if you’re already signed in (and don’t sign out).
Account Management, PlayStation Store and Account Registration will all be unavailable throughout the maintenance regardless of whether you’re in before 4PM or not. Sign in via the web (such as the official PlayStation Forums) will be unaffected.
Update: Looks like there’s been a change of heart over in Sony-land. A subsequent tweet by the official PlayStationEU account states:
“Ignore the previous tweet about PSN maintenance – it has been cancelled.”
Thanks, MusterBuster.
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21/10/2010 at 14:04
Member since: Aug 2009
MoH Tier 1 then until its back for me tongiht after work! Any one know what they actually do during these maintenance periods?
22/10/2010 at 13:57
Member since: Aug 2009
Damm, can’t play tier 1 without network connection, found that out last night to my annoyance when either the PSN went down at 10pm or I lost my internet connection!
21/10/2010 at 14:11
Member since: Jan 2010
“PlayStation Network will undergo maintenance this evening from 16:00 until 20:00 BST. More details of how you will be affected to follow.”
Isn’t that last sentence a bit uncommon for just ordinary maintenance?
21/10/2010 at 14:29
Member since: Aug 2008
They are probably adding more space,speed,load ect ect to the servers to cope with GT5,ACBH and a few other big games coming in the next month with heavy server loads.
Also i expect they have to maintain it due to all the new users it gets, they will do it again next month i think on the way to xmas.
21/10/2010 at 14:31
Member since: Jan 2010
Hmm.. alright.
Do you think they’ll keep it all a secret or will the announce something? xD
21/10/2010 at 14:20
Member since: Aug 2009
PS store goes Halloween? or bans of the hackers
21/10/2010 at 14:23
Member since: May 2009
Could be one of several things.
a) it does next to nothing, b) crossgame chat, c) the PS Store is now invaded by LOLCatz, d) It will modify the patch detection code somehow, so that MoH and onwards can’t be hacked, e) all your base are belong to Sony, f) it’ll trigger the LoveFilm stuff on the XMB.
I’m leaning towards C, personally…
21/10/2010 at 15:10
Member since: Aug 2009
I can has cheezbuger on my ps3 now! yeah!
21/10/2010 at 14:32
Member since: Nov 2009
I already posted before MB when I saw the tweet from the blog guys.
21/10/2010 at 14:32
Member since: Oct 2010
Oh, great! 6 long months trying to put my ps3 online, finally got it yesterday and now maintenance… :P Well, as long as it keep things running smooth after GT5 launch, it’s worth.
21/10/2010 at 16:59
Member since: Jun 2010
If it took 6 months to plug in your ethernet cable, you deserve a little maintenance.
22/10/2010 at 18:15
Member since: Oct 2010
Took me 6 months figure out how to properly share my connection (3g, only option avaiable) between win7 64 and the ps3. Not that I expect much online play from this kind of connection, but being able to grab some games and DLC’s would be nice.
21/10/2010 at 14:38
Member since: May 2010
Does this mean that you won’t be able to play online?
I take it that the UC2 meet is cancelled
21/10/2010 at 14:39
Member since: Jan 2009
My guess, they forgot to dust it down during the night.
21/10/2010 at 14:47
Member since: Aug 2008
Is it just me or do this maintenance periods crop up way too often :(
21/10/2010 at 15:21
Member since: Jan 2009
Yeah, there’s been an increase in maintenance over the past few months. Wonder why that is.
21/10/2010 at 16:11
Member since: Apr 2010
At least they are doing something about it though, PSN isn’t just sporadically crashing like it could be doing. 4 hours does seem a little much for routine maintenance though… and they always do it at inceonvenient times I mean 4pm-8pm? Why not do it when people are at work so they actually aren’t bothered!
21/10/2010 at 15:19
Member since: Aug 2009
here is hope it is about Mubi
21/10/2010 at 15:32
Member since: Jun 2010
At what time did the release party start tonight?
21/10/2010 at 16:41
Member since: Sep 2009
Yeah, I hope so. Just tried the Mubi site & it seems down too – can’t wait to try it out.