UPDATE - Maintenance Over, PlayStation Network Back Online, Now Accepts PayPal
As promised, Sony has provided an update to the extension for the scheduled maintenance period for the PlayStation Network that begun Thursday morning. The service went down yesterday for an upgrade, and was supposed to be back up last night. Sony let fans know the maintenance was set to continue into the morning, but now, according to a recent tweet, the maintenance is expected to last even longer, continuing into the evening.
"Update: PSN maintenance is requiring more time than expected, and is now expected to complete tonight. We apologize for the inconvenience," Sony informed fans via Twitter, notably disappointing fans.
* "@PlayStation horrible service at least @XboxSupport help their customers and doesn't have a 2 day maintenance shutdown" - kevinreed168
* "@PlayStation yea I agree. @Xboxsupport is better than you. Laggers..." -JarodSmearer
* "@PlayStation you say I can play online but I can't. I fucking hate your fucking guts." - frankshow
* "@PlayStation r u fucking serious this is bullshit is there gonna be some kind of compensation for this shit xbox here i come" - playsweed
Sony didn't say what was causing the extension to the maintenance, but expects PSN to remain offline until 9:00pm PST / 12:00am EST tonight. Those show signed into the service fiver days prior to the start of maintenance, may be able to play games online and use select apps during the down time. Europe can expect a similar shutdown as of Feb. 2.
We'll be sure to keep you posted if anything changes, or Sony provides any further updates.