Playstation Network down for maintenance tonight
In a short blog post, Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will be undergoing “routine maintenance” from 12am Pacific Time to 2am. Curiously, the release also mentions that, unlike other scheduled maintenance times, you’ll be able to continue playing on the Network if you “have signed in at some point over the past few days.” It’s only two hours, so the time lost isn’t an issue; however, Sony’s mentioning uninterrupted playtime is notably intriguing. We’ll wait to see what updates the company has prepared, but, for now, happy gaming (if you hurry)!
Here’s the full posting:
“It’s been a great week for gamers on the PSN. We’ve seen the addition of the anime streaming service Crunchyroll to the PS3 lineup of video apps, the highly anticipated game Sound Shapes being made available for preorder through the PSN PLAY event at a 20% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers, and The Expendables 2: The Video game releasing on the PlayStation Store now (check out the demo to get a taste of this game’s explosive four-player co-op action!)
To ensure that we can keep offering you the best online games experience, we will be performing routine maintenance on the PSN this evening (Thursday, August 2nd). This maintenance will start at approximately 12:00am midnight Pacific Time (1:00am MDT / 2:00am CDT /3:00 am EDT) and last for about two hours, ending around 2:00am PDT on Thursday, August 2nd (3:00am MDT / 4:00am CDT / 5:00am EDT). During this maintenance period you WILL be able to sign in to the Network if you have signed in at some point over the past few days. So please be sure to sign in now if you wish to access PSN during this maintenance window. Online play and apps will function as expected during this time. The PlayStation Store and Account Management will be unavailable for the duration of this maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your support.”