The digital versions of GTA V will launch at 00:00 on Tuesday morning, which is the exact same time which the planned PSN maintenance is supposed to end – meaning that the launch may face disruption if the maintenance overruns.
This maintenance will begin at 6PM on Monday the 17th of November, and you’ll be unable to use account management or access the PS Store for the duration – so you better be sure to start your GTA pre-load before then. You’ll still be able to play online and sign-in if you have your details cached – if you’re signed in over the weekend or on Monday, then you should be fine.
Sony have also mentioned that there “may be some additional downtime after the maintenance period for testing purposes”, which could affect the night owls playing GTA V after the midnight launch.
Hopefully Sony are preparing the servers for the no-doubt massive GTA V PS4 launch; GTA Online was plagued with issues when it first released on PS3 and Xbox 360 last year, with many characters being wiped and players unable to join. And hopefully those servers will be back up and running fully by the time everyone’s ready to play.
wayne20031
at the end of the day we dont get affected with maintenance problem’s like you guys. And our home screen doesn’t look like were under water, witch is so depressing, am not hateing am just stating the obvious,,, people’ that have a ps4 much rather the looks than having a fully functional console
bunimomike
I can see that you will enjoy a prosperous time here with absolutely zero trouble whatsoever.
freezebug2
It’s Wayne from the future, welcome to the labyrinth of keek.
psychobudgie
My fanboy alert just went off. Quick, to the PC batman!
3shirts
No rush, GTA won’t be there until February
3shirts
Good. Punish those A-holes that will have it at midnight and keep them offline while I wait for my chance to play :)
double-o-dave
Agreed!
cnutard
Seems to be just me, but, I think it makes at least a bit of sense. First, as previously mentioned, the maintenance in possibly for GTA, and secondly, think of all the people that will miss out. Surely, at least a little less load on the servers is a good thing?