It seems that we write these stories every few days. The PlayStation Network is going to be unavailable again tonight between 5PM and 9PM, UK time. There was unscheduled maintenance last week and again on Monday so we’re sure you’re all getting a little tired of it by now.
If this is to help keep the network secure or to add extra speed or features, though, it’s surely worth the trouble? We advise you all to sign in beforehand, if you can, and stay signed in for the duration to avoid any inconvenience.
The services that are offline will be the Store and the Account management settings but as long as you’re signed in before they go down, you should be able to use the network to play games as normal.
Better get that Battlefield 3 beta quick then.
Source: PS EU Forums
Lymmusic
Maybe They have been forced to do the maintenance because a previous IT employee at sony wrote a virus that periodically emails a random account holder a message containing sexual swear words and a picture of a penguin performing acts on a lifesize cardboard cutout of brian blessed. The maintenance is the only way to stop the potentially damaging and upsetting email from reaching its target
mugsybalone
Is that a hint? Are you a former Sony IT employee who’s written a virus that periodically emails a random account holder a message containing sexual swear words and a picture of a penguin perfoming acts on a lifesize cardboard cutout of Brian Blessed?
cnutard
Doesn’t really affect me as I’m off to the Playstation Access event in Bristol tonight. Woop.
Forrest_01
I was going to go to that, but it seemed that they were showcasing just what i would have seen the previous weekend at eurogamer, so i didn’t go through with it.
Have fun! :)
Origami Killer
Bloody hell, everyone seems to be complaining that TSA hates Sony or are idiots for reporting it twice. Ydy Shocker. Im sure the other duplicate article was only rumoured unscheduled maintenance, this acts as a confirmation for me.
Origami Killer
ok im wrong it wasnt rumoured. Still looking forward to the Resistance 3 meet tonight if it runs ok
Dan Lee
Let’s clear a couple of things up.
1) TSA has a high PS3 user base, with lots of meets etc, hence why we report on any maintenance which may distrupt things.
2) When I write these I normally use the same heading/phrasing as the Offical PlayStation Community “heads up” post. No sensationalism. Any humour used is very much ‘wink wink, cross game chat’ style, which hopefully our readers understand.
3) if our readers want a heads up on Nintendo/Xbox downtime I’m happy to oblige.
Now, hug me GOD DAMN IT.
cnutard
Bear hug?
DiscoChimp
I’m having trouble getting in at the moment. Getting 80710092 error signing into PSN from the XMB, but when I start FIFA it says PSN undergoing maintenance.
Anyone else suffering PSN issues in the UK this morning??