PlayStation Network Hit By 'Temporary Unscheduled Maintenance'

October 16, 2008 2:23 PM

Certain functions of the PS3's online PlayStation Network service--specifically account registration, management and PlayStation Store access--have been taken offline for "temporary unscheduled maintenance," Sony has revealed on the PlayStation Blog.

Fortunately, online gameplay is unaffected by this downtime--something that wasn't available during Tuesday's maintenance period--though it may affect the weekly PlayStation Store updates, which generally hit on Thursday afternoons.

A specific reason for the downtime was not provided, though the offline functions seem to coincide with the revisions made in this week's PS3 and PSP firmware updates.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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mittense

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October 16, 2008 2:47 PM

Hopefully it fixes the fuck-ups with the SOCOM servers, though I'm certain it's completely unrelated to that. I just wanted to bitch about the SOCOM nonsense.

http://socom.us.playstation.com/post/2008/10/UPDATE.aspx
- sanewave
  
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  October 16, 2008 3:28 PM
  
  actually, i bet it has everything to do about the socom. is it any good when u actually get to play? thinkin of buying for the headset.
  - mittense
    
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    October 16, 2008 4:20 PM
    
    The headset is really nice and the game, for the two I played, seems like some really well-done third-person tactical action.