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PSN is offline tomorrow

The PlayStation Network will go offline for scheduled maintenance tomorrow morning, Sony's noted.

The PS3 online service will be unavailable from 8:00am GMT until 11:00am GMT (though that's an "estimate" finish time), a community man notes on the official PlayStation forums.

"During this time, you may be unable to sign in to the PlayStation Network. We expect that users will be affected for only 15 minutes during this period," the Sony man says.

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komp6047d ago

Tuesday Morning after MW2 launch... some folks will be fuming.

I wonder if its a FW update too, usually tuesdays... but surely too risky on this day of all days?

kalebgray926047d ago (Edited 6047d ago )

hopefully live does the same better 15 minutes than a server crash the whole day... but today would have been smarter.... and ppl should either be at work or school tomorrow at that time

Serjikal_Strike6047d ago

during those 15 min...then back to mp after!

guitarded776047d ago

Could they pick a worse day to do this crap! I took off Tuesday so I can sit on my butt drink beer and play MW all day while the wife is at work. I know it's not a life or death issue here, but I'd seriously like to kick whoever scheduled this in the vaj.

himdeel6047d ago (Edited 6047d ago )

...if you cannot go 15 minutes without playing online. Some of us are very lucky to be at work all day so get over it. You'll survive and if you don't the world may even be a better place without you.

Soldierone6047d ago

Its PSN not Xbox Live, Sony says 15 minutes its 15-20 minutes not several days haha. (sarcastic joke about Live's past)

Unless they are doing a firmware update or something it wont be long, and its usuelly very early in the morning...

Bot Smasha6047d ago

At least they wont leave us with no online for christmas and charge us for it LOL

SL1M DADDY6047d ago

Say that there was a FW update coming on the 10th as well? Maybe some options for cross game invites? Not sure myself but I thought that was posted a while back.

As for 15 minutes... No biggie.

WenisWagon6047d ago

Modern warfare 2 superior on Xbox 360 CONFIRMED. You won't even be able to play online on the ps3 version when you get it tomorrow...

ThanatosDMC6047d ago

You get what you pay for... /s

peeps6047d ago

do ppl not have jobs lol well i guess ppl can book the day off work but cummon 3 hours out of the mourning u wont be able to play online...

SL1M DADDY6047d ago

I took the day off for it... Didn't anybody else here?

AssassinHD6047d ago

It is 8am-11am GMT on a work/school day. That is 3am-6am EST or Midnight-3am PST. I don't foresee too many people having an issue with this. In most parts of the world people are either working/at school, or sleeping.

fredrikpedersen6047d ago

The day of the MW2 release?! Great f-ing timing!!

Mr Logic6047d ago

You people realize this is GMT right?

Prototype6047d ago

I'll either be sleep, or on the toilet with my notebook :D

Seriously for 15 min? That's what a cigarette, half of a show, or even watching porn :P

infamous-butcher6047d ago

Oh My God, get over it. 15 mins without online. boho.
Try the f***ing singleplayer then.
My internet accross the town was out for a day and 1/2. If that ever happened to your town I wouldnt be suprised to see an article about "an idiot killing himself due to internet being down" here on n4g.

jhooty146047d ago

lol i'll be at scholl when it happens

Bathyj6047d ago

Maybe it to configure something with the heavy traffic, in which case it would make perfect sense to do it today. God, 15 minutes, you'll live.

I'm hoping they're implimenting the CoD 1 download. I knew nothing about that till I got MW2. Very nice surprize to get the original game from PSN.

Darkstorn6047d ago (Edited 6047d ago )

@1.4, 1.14, and 1.16-
It's a joke, no need to be snide.

Sarcasm6047d ago

Hasn't it occurred to anyone that they might just be trying to make sure the network is more solid before MW2 hits?

dustgavin6046d ago (Edited 6046d ago )

No big deal.

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playstation1236047d ago

What I got some MW2 to play. Maybe its for cross game chat 3.10

4point7BillionLoss6047d ago

costs about $4.7 billion a year ....

Chet Faliszek 3606047d ago (Edited 6047d ago )

no problem with that no one even uses it..

psn will never every be as great as Xbox LIVE. And if a miracle happens.

54percent6047d ago

4point7BillionLoss
Chet Faliszek 360
YLOD Service Tech

Same f@g

4point7BillionLoss6046d ago

54% figure obtained but online user poll open to abuse by retarded droids.

$4.7 billion loss Sonys officail figures for the previous year

Who you going to believe?

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Grandreaper99996047d ago

Maybe it's prep work for cross-game chat?! :o

It would be wise for them to get on top of that. They have some big games coming to their platform that could really benefit from this feature. Cross-game chart and invites.

gaffyh6047d ago

I don't think it will be, probably just adding more dedicated servers for the game so it doesn't crash the network.

Martini6047d ago

MW 2 is P2P on all platforms.

gaffyh6047d ago

But PSN uses dedicated servers, maybe they still need to add more servers for the Network as a whole, even if the game is using P2P?

evrfighter6047d ago (Edited 6047d ago )

what part of p2p don't you understand?

read a little on what a dedicated server is

infamous-butcher6047d ago

Hopefully its something to do with the Video store that suposed to be comming to the EU.

Marquis_de_Sade6047d ago

Only 1st party, and selected 3rd party games have dedicated servers on the PSN, not every game. MW2 is P2P.

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Commodore6047d ago

I'm not taking my PS3 offline, I should be good.

4pocalyps36047d ago

yeah but u might b the only person on psn lol. im not too fussed ill be in a lecture during that time. but should be home just after to kick ass on mw2.

evilmonkey5016047d ago

means that you don't have a choice.You will be disconnected automatically from psn, along with the other 28 million of us.

Darkfocus6047d ago

actually if your logged in when psn gos down you will remain logged in and can play games that don't use psns servers (MW2) its only the store and your friends list you won't be able to access.

playstation1236047d ago

You never know, they took it down before and added the update at night.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot32d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle32d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7732d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer41d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde39d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy39d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12539d ago (Edited 39d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7741d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga40d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199240d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga40d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman40d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger40d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box40d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion40d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7240d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7540d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit40d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14940d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7740d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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