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Don't Panic, PlayStation Network Outage is Due to "Scheduled Maintenance," Not Hackers

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News Posted: Thu, Jan 19 2012 3:33 PM
You could almost hear the collective groans from gamers who discovered that Sony's PlayStation Network is offline today. Could it be that Sony is once again the victim of a hacker attack, one in which the real victims are online players who just want to get their gaming groove on? And worse yet, does this mean everyone's accounts have been compromised? Luckily, the answer is 'no'.

"PlayStation Network will be offline for routine scheduled maintenance on Thursday, January 19th from approximately 8AM until 9PM PST," Sony announced in a blog post.

Phew! During that time, you'll be unable to access the PlayStation Store on PS3, PSP, and Media Go; PlayStation Network Account Management; PlayStation Network Account Registration; PlayStation Home; and Music Unlimited & Video Unlimited services. You'll also be cut off from signing in to PSN via us.playstation.com.


"Users who are already signed into their account on PlayStation Network before the start of the maintenance should be able to stay signed in to their online session, but will not be able to access any of the services listed above," Sony said. "Users who attempt to sign-in to their PlayStation Network account after the start of the maintenance may be presented with the site maintenance notification page if they haven’t signed in recently."

Sony didn't say exactly what kind of maintenance it's performing today, but in the time, you'll still be able to collect in-game Trophies, which will be updated on your profile once PSN is back online.
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AKnudson replied on Thu, Jan 19 2012 4:27 PM

um thanks but we are all xbox fans, shooooot. ;) no i have love for the playstation i wouldnt have a blueray player other wise.

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RTietjens replied on Thu, Jan 19 2012 5:09 PM

Suuure it is. Sony is totally honest at all times.

After all, Sony doesn't have a track record of distributing computer viruses on audio CDs and then lying about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

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Manduh replied on Thu, Jan 19 2012 5:23 PM

When they were down because of hackers (last time), wasn't it the same message being told to us at first? The whole 'maintenance' excuse? I could be wrong but it seems vaguely familiar.

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cowboyspace replied on Thu, Jan 19 2012 6:50 PM

Escusess!!!! Xbox fan right here...

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omegadoom13 replied on Thu, Jan 19 2012 11:17 PM

@Manduh, yep

We would all hope that Sony has learned its lesson by now. Fingers and toes crossed :)

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AKwyn replied on Fri, Jan 20 2012 3:25 AM

Yup. Except the only difference is Microsoft's routine outages only get a few indifference while Sony's manages to piss people off. Still goes to show that people still have trust issues with Sony.

 

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