PSN Maintenance 3/4: 14 Hours & Completely Offline (Sunday 12pm PST - 2am PST)

[Trace17]

Normally I wouldn't think this would deserve a new thread, but it's a bit different this time. As bolded below, typically some can usually play and sign on during maintenance events, but not access the store or their account. But Sony says this week, NOBODY gets online and anyone online gets kicked off at 8am Pacific.

PlayStation Network will undergo a significant maintenance period on Thursday, March 1st. Maintenance is expected to start at just after 8:00 am Pacific and will last for several hours, until approximately 10pm Pacific.

Unlike typical maintenance events, consumers who are already signed-in to PSN will be signed-out, and consumers will be unable to sign in for the duration of the maintenance window. During this time, users won’t be able to access the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home, Account Management or play online.

PSN enabled websites will not be able to service users, including this one. Please stay tuned to the PlayStation Twitter feed for a notice when PSN is fully back online.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[RBBrittain]

Well, at least this one isn't unannounced...

[ratandjmt]

At least they didn't shut it down on a Friday.

[Slim Jim]

Why when Sony does PSN maintenance they have to shut it down all the time?

[Kirk Out]

hmmm... when was the last time that no one was able to be online does anyone know

[Trace17]

Originally Posted by RBBrittain

Well, at least this one isn't unannounced...

Originally Posted by ratandjmt

At least they didn't shut it down on a Friday.

Good points. They usually wait until right before and say "oh btw guyz psn down for 8 hours starting in 20 mins thx 4 understanding!"

And at least its not on a launch day like tomorrow (SSX woo!)

Originally Posted by cj19791979

hmmm... when was the last time that no one was able to be online does anyone know

I think it's been awhile, maybe shortly after nobody was online for two months

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by Slim Jim

Why when Sony does PSN maintenance they have to shut it down all the time?

Regular server maintenance and upgrades. It's not uncommon for IT networking departments to do their "housekeeping" on Thursday nights. I know Time Warner does it, as well as a few e-tailers.

[Trace17]

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

Regular server maintenance and upgrades. It's not uncommon for IT networking departments to do their "housekeeping" on Thursday nights. I know Time Warner does it, as well as a few e-tailers.

8am-10pm Pacific isn't Thursday night. That's most of Thursday

If I had my choice, I'd have them do it Sunday night, something like 10pm-noon Pacific. I have to imagine that's the time with the lowest number of people online, before Monday morning work/school. For Europe it would be 4am-6pm, and while that is less ideal, at least they could play after work that evening.

Also, it is irregular for Sony to completely kick everyone off for server maintenance. They have done it 3 or 4 times so far this year with just account/store/home unavailable, so one would naturally assume this is a bigger maintenance thing.

[3DinAK]

As long as it's on thursday night.

[garlad]

Wonder what they are doing? Could be something major? Any ideas?

[Gardenofstone10]

Crud, I forgot about this. Just tried playing Plants vs Zombies for the vita and it was down.