The PlayStation Network is free. That is, you don’t pay to play online, you don’t pay for access to week-ahead game demos and you don’t pay to join party conversations. It’s free. Even if you’re a Plus subscriber, the actual network is free. That’s a great selling point whichever way you look at it.
It is, however, down quite a bit. Well, not recently, it’s been alright for a few months, but there was a period last year when it was almost weekly and today – yeah – today’s been a bit of a mess.
Of course, some can sign in just now and play just fine. Others can’t. Nobody can access the Store. PlayStation Plus can’t verify purchases so certain games won’t work from the XMB. Nobody can access Account Management. I’d suspect that last one’s not such a big deal.
It was supposed to be up and running by 8AM this morning. It now looks like it’ll be tomorrow morning, a full 24 hours or so after it was meant to be up. “Unfortunately PSN maintenance is still underway and service is now not expected to resume before tomorrow morning,” said PlayStation. “We’ll update again soon,” they said.
It’s OK, all this will be sorted next-gen.
Motalla
We were supposed to have a TSA Killzone meet, but the multiplayer would not start. Bummer ….
Nickboss1
Is it on yet?
Alex C
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/ispsndown.html
Nickboss1
Lol
Jones81
Classic
Nickboss1
It’s back on, but the’ve blocked all pre-owned games from working :)
freezebug2
Sounds suspiciously like another hack job if that’s what they’ve been tinkering with. Prepare for password changes again! :$
endlesscupsoftea
Cheers for the suggestion of the cake, fortunately play tv working and channel 5 is OFF! Hurray !
hol
Was signed in last night & on GT5 in an online lobby. I rarely get any issues when they do maintenance :)
Nickboss1
On the up side, you can now delete SingStar :)
salvodaze
It’s back on and I see Ni no Kuni up for preorder. Yum.