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PSN Offline Next Monday – Scheduled Maintenance

G4MERS: "Next Monday PSN is going offline for several hours. PSN maintenance is scheduled for September 10th."

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dazzrazz4250d ago

It only does... maintenance

galgor4250d ago

Ever think all this maintenance could be them prepping for the launch of a new system next year?

GribbleGrunger4250d ago

Or the introduction of Gaikai

Persistantthug4250d ago

There is no PS4 coming in 2013.

Blankman854250d ago

What are you on about man? PSN goes down for maintenance every month or so and it usually has nothing to do with getting ready for a new system or whatever being launched.
That's just how PSN was built, it needs to be taken offline to be maintained. XBL maintenance happens stealthly.

decrypt4250d ago

Why so much maintenance, i hardly ever see Steam down for maintenance.

The comment by Red_Orange_Juice is spot on, SCEE is run by Monkeys.

GribbleGrunger4250d ago (Edited 4250d ago )

They don't just have to deal with PS3 now though. They have Vita and the soon to be released PSmobile. That integration will not be easy particularly because it also has to work on other Android systems such as Wikipad and Phones. Steam only has to cater for PCs and LIVE only has to cater for 360s. Think about it

BrutallyBlunt4250d ago

@GribbleGrunger

I've had a Playstation 3 for years, long before Vita came around, and this downtime has been happening since PSN was launched.

You're argument is the equivalent to iTunes being down because of the new IPad or new IPhone. Which of course is not the case.

Even the original SOCOM on the Playstation 2 had regular downtime for maintenance.

Blankman854250d ago

Gribble, really? Come on bro! PSN was just built that way. XBL also has Windows Mobile and it almost never goes down for maintenance. It just boils down to how the network was built.(poorly)

Nutsack4250d ago

But yet the EU PS+ lacks in its updates. While USA already got them. How about that Slowny?

r214250d ago

Must the same for Asian stores, japanese monkeys most likely as most of the content is freaking Japanese. Not that many English title :C

sandman2244250d ago

I don't feel bad for Europe. They still got dead space 2 and motorstorm apocalypse, oh yeah they also got deux x. So that's to bad if they didn't get there ps+ update yet.

Nutsack4250d ago

@ Sandman

Normal price is 50 Euro, aka something like 70 USD. So we pay 20 USD more a year than SCEA. I think we deserve some extra content for that already, as we also get shafted on console prices, cost the same in Euro as in USA, same with retail games, we pay 60 Euro, while you pay 60 USD.

So that. And one can't get Deus X anymore if one starts subscription now.
Only cool thing is that there is a 25% rebate on PS+ starting today till 19th.

GribbleGrunger4250d ago

Start writing those 'hacked' articles now people. Save yourself some time.

Pwnage2u4249d ago (Edited 4249d ago )

And expect articles of PSN being hacked again on Monday.

CRASHBASHUK4249d ago

hmm something telling me that ps3 system update version 4.30 is coming next week?

One of the main features of the update is a increase to the ps+ online storage 150MB to 1GB

RustInPeace4249d ago

Is that just a rumor or was that reported? Not calling you a liar, just want to sift thru truths/rumors... Slightly on/off topic, I want to know what it means when an update "improves the playback of some titles" (or however they word it every time...). Is that all encompassing or just certain titles (like F:NV with its constant crashes)?

CRASHBASHUK4249d ago

Didn’t u watch sonys gamescom 2012 press conference? They said that the increase to the ps+ online storage would be in sep
And often they do maintenance before system updates

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2624d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905069d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5069d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905069d ago (Edited 5069d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5069d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5069d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5069d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495069d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5069d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5069d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2660d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One