Sony Playstation 3 Network (PSN) Offline: PS3 users unhappy
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: June 24, 2008 | 35 Comments
We all know there has to be updates and when its not possible to keep everything online we have to have downtime, but when gamers in the UK come home from work or school today and want to play games on their Sony Playstation 3, its not going to happen. They will be given the message, use of the Playstation Network has been suspended and to new people that means an update.
In this case the PSN is getting a big update, well in time scare that is, thanks to being offline from 15:00 BST to 20:10 BST. You will have no access to the Playstation store on your Sony PS3, and more upsetting is the result of no online gaming over PSN.
What I cannot understand as a PS3 owner and also other people I know have mentioned the same, is why are they updating in the busy time of gaming when they could of done this update in the middle of the night or early hours when the UK is sleeping.
I am happy that the PSN is getting an update, and even happier if this includes some really cool extra features that could be heading to a PS3 2.40 firmware and maybe even stability for Home. Just trying to work out why the PSN in the UK could not be taken offline when the UK is sleeping.
Unless this is an update to the PSN around the whole world, now that is very unlikely. When we get to around 20:10 BST you should be able to sign in and use the Playstation Network as normal, we will update you on any changes we see (if any).
Do you think the time of this PSN downtime could have been planned better?
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It’s a global update
Umm, its been known for a couple of days now that it will be down for maintence.
Still Metal Gear Online works so who cares anyway =D and also theres such a thing of going out side for a few hours instead.
psn store down in north america
Its not the end of the world, and by ps3 owners do you mean “yourself”. Sony let people know about the downtime before it happened. 5 hours aint that long.
You=Idiot
That is all.
how can they plan it any better? they do it when Sony have the staff in to do it, how can they possibly please the WHOLE of the playstation network worldwide when there are differing time zones? really
I wish I had the time it took to read this back. What a waste of life.
boohoo get over it, its for the greater good
Get a life. This downtime isn’t the end of the world. Go outside and breath in some fresh air. I for one am not unhappy about this, it just means that SONY is making things better for us.
Why should we be sad? when we should be happy, that means sony is at least checking or adding new stuff to the playstation network, and PS3 gamers should be excited about the update 2.40 it should be a great comeback to xbox 360 Live Blade.