SplitYourInfinities
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Please tell me again why do i pay for this service?
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PSN down due to unannounced maintenance?
- Thread starter The perfect Dark
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Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Ah OK cool. Sorry to hear man. Luckily for me I am out this evening so it won't affect me, hopefully. fingers crossed it's back up soon for everyone
Bucket-o-roadkill
Member
This. Fuck sake.
-PlayStation 4 online multiplayer
-24 PS4 games a year for no extra cost
-Exclusive discounts at PlayStation Store
-Access to Share Play so your friends can play your games even if they dont own a copy themselves.
-10GB of cloud storage for your PS4 game saves
I tried to download and install the dynamic Bloodborne theme I bought off JP PSN (I had a few hundred yen left after I bought Namco Museum Encore, so sue me), and I saw that it had a lock next to it. Clicked on it, the PS4 said it couldn't connect to the server to verify the license. I guess I now know why.
and what other similar service do you use that hasn't experienced some sort of down time "once every 3 months" even XBL, Steam, etc have their issues albeit perhaps PSN has had longer lasting downtimes.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I don't know, why do you?
So game saves tied to DLC won't let you access the game at all? Is that because of the online "Checking for DLC" thing that pops up on the main menu?
I never even thought of that, that's not cool.
Which online service do you pay for that is immune to problems like?
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
I just don't understand why of all companies.. The attitude is always Sony isn't allowed to have a down time here and there when it does run great every other time but for everyone else company wise, the overreactions and the bs statement's are never expressed.
Like it really isn't that serious if it goes down. I feel no panic in my heart, however im not sure why for so much others, there is so much inflicted anticipation for something.
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Honestly.. Why am I even in this thread? I'm not even home to access this but cool beans for the update.
Bear Force One
Banned
Need to see proof because it's not been down for any really length of time since the Lizard attack.
The one that is regularly up and fine? Probably that.
We need to stop this kind of shit posting.
First time since christmas '14 for me
For the other 99% of the time there isn't a problem. Jeez.
Pop
Member
You really don't have to though.
All these drive by posts are to be expected but PSN has been fine for a very long time. This just seems to be unexpected.
ScaryShark
Banned
I want to live in the fantasy world where the entertainment services I pay for (Internet, cell, television) never have down time just because I pay for them.
It's been like a hour.
I pay for it because I don't have a choice. If I had a choice to own a PS4 and play online games and not pay for PSN, I would.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Man, you must not have internet, TV, Cell Phone, electricity etc. Because I will bet you a free PSN card, that every one of your paid services, has downtime, from time to time. ISP's go down more than either Live or PSN on average.
So how do you even PSN bro?
The perfect Dark
Banned
shotgunbob04
Member
Honestly, I can't remember the last time PSN was down like this. They did well in 2015. Hopefully it comes back up today.
Tommi84
Member
No it's not cool. It's silly and stupid!! I have a game on disc and can only watch how Geralt is kneeling next to th fireplace as it's the only thing I can do. That's the reason people HATE the all-digital future. Where you even can't play the game you own.
Freezasaurus
Member
As long as it's up by tomorrow night for me to download Rebel Galaxy.
same here
SplitYourInfinities
Member
What i mean is, the service has a subscription fee since a couple of years now but it did not improve a little bit since then. It's the only service i'm paying for that has downtime for maintenance at least one time a month. Maybe a i'm a little naive but i expected a improvement to avoid these situations.
This genuinely fucking sucks for me, I have a friend visiting today only from out of town that I only get to see maybe once a year or so. We wanted to play N++ so I bought and started downloading it BEFORE the service went down, it finished downloading but I can't launch it because it can't contact the server to verify I own it or do the initial check (which is dumb considering this is my primary PS4 and my profile is not on any other PS4's, guessing it's a weird timing issue with the download completing while the service is down or something).
Mr Moose
Member
It's down at least once a month?
diffusionx
Gold Member
I can't remember the last time my internet went down. I even had service during Hurricane Sandy.
PSN is junk.
I think that the difference between PSN and those other services is that PSN is usually more unstable than the others, so when it goes fully down, people feel like it's constantly happening.
Darryl M R
Member
Why was there no announcement when most of the popular games on PS4 are multiplayer focused and some are just online only (Destiny).
Ninja Scooter
Member
It's not down once a month. People create these narratives in their head.
GenericUser
Member
pictures people have seen when booting GTA5. psn went down shortly after this.
looks legit. don't think this is a "planned maintenance"
looks legit. don't think this is a "planned maintenance"
I'm in the same boat with Black Ops III. I'm halfway through the campaign and didn't realize there's a difference between online and offline campaign saves.
Single-player saves being locked out is a slippery slope.
Actually it's not. As a usual 'every day after work for 3-4 hours' player I can honestly say this is a load of crap. I can't remember another instance of PSN being down for this long since the script kiddies attack in '14.
I can understand the frustration but this is just another typical gaf hyperbole bullshit.
ScaryShark
Banned
As someone who had Plus since it was an optional service, this isn't true. PSN has plenty of issues but to say it hasn't improved since they started charging for it is not factual.
WickedLaharl
Member
Ingueferroque
Banned
Still down.. you're kidding me! I'm gonna miss out on this Iron Banner gear because I had to work really late last night.. fuck.
opticalmace
Member
I don't seem to be able to access youtube. I don't understand why that should be related to PSN being down though? I can still use netflix.
Probably because it wasn't planned.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Should have rented Azure for more than a week.
Darn it Sony!
Looks like horrible photoshop to me, but you never know I guess.
you could have rotated them for crying out loud lol.
I mean, yeah, it sucks that the PSN is down and all (I'm off work for an extra day of vacation today, and I can't play any of my digital games), but fuck, it's not like I don't have a dozen other things I can do in the meantime. My world doesn't revolve around the PSN being up at this exact moment it time.
It's annoying, and an inconvenience, but the sky isn't falling. Since I can't use my PS4, I am:
Playing my Vita (I have a gigantic Vita backlog that I've been slowly getting through)
Playing my 3DS (not a very big backlog, but plenty of stuff to play)
Reading comics on my Surface Pro, or reading my backlog of Novels on my Kindle
Drawing (I still have four pages of Issue #3 of my comic to finish before I move on to coloring and lettering)
Dicking around on the internet (Youtube, NeoGAF, Netflix, Hulu, etc)
Making out, and/or sexy times with my wife (this one is actually the most appealing frontrunner...)
Doing my laundry (that I've been procrastinating doing)
Getting some lunch with my wife (probably the second most appealing frontrunner...)
Don't get me wrong, I'm annoyed that I can't wrap up episodes 5 and 6 of the Telltale Game of Thrones Game so I can continue with my Witcher and Fallout 4 playthroughs, but I'm not going to fret about it and delve into hyperbolic overreactions.
PSN isn't down that much (I think it was once for me last year that I recall), and sometimes maintenance shit needs to happen. It'll be okay, and eventually the servers will open up again, and we can all play our games. Deep breaths. Deep breaths. You'll survive!
It's annoying, and an inconvenience, but the sky isn't falling. Since I can't use my PS4, I am:
Playing my Vita (I have a gigantic Vita backlog that I've been slowly getting through)
Playing my 3DS (not a very big backlog, but plenty of stuff to play)
Reading comics on my Surface Pro, or reading my backlog of Novels on my Kindle
Drawing (I still have four pages of Issue #3 of my comic to finish before I move on to coloring and lettering)
Dicking around on the internet (Youtube, NeoGAF, Netflix, Hulu, etc)
Making out, and/or sexy times with my wife (this one is actually the most appealing frontrunner...)
Doing my laundry (that I've been procrastinating doing)
Getting some lunch with my wife (probably the second most appealing frontrunner...)
Don't get me wrong, I'm annoyed that I can't wrap up episodes 5 and 6 of the Telltale Game of Thrones Game so I can continue with my Witcher and Fallout 4 playthroughs, but I'm not going to fret about it and delve into hyperbolic overreactions.
PSN isn't down that much (I think it was once for me last year that I recall), and sometimes maintenance shit needs to happen. It'll be okay, and eventually the servers will open up again, and we can all play our games. Deep breaths. Deep breaths. You'll survive!
Are you logged in on YouTube? I think that connects with PSN so that would probably do it.
Admiral Woofington
Member
has 4chan been bragging?