Just when you thought you can have a nice long weekend playing games, Sony decides to schedule some PlayStation Network maintenance right Easter Monday. A tweet (which has since been removed) states that the PSN will be down for maintenance for 12 hours starting on Monday afternoon.
SCEA have released the PlayStation Store chart for February 2014, revealing the top selling digital titles on the PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. Strider was the top selling title on the PS4, followed by Thief, while Minecraft continues to top the PS3 chart for the third consecutive month.
Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will be going offline for some maintenance on Monday, 10th March 2014. The maintenance window will last for around five and a half hours, affecting the UK and Europe during peak gaming hours of 4:30 PM to 10:00 PM GMT.
SCEA has released it’s PlayStation Store charts for January 2014, revealing the top selling PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games. On the PS4, Battlefield 4 is still on top for the second month running, beating new title Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. As for the PS3, Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition continues at the top for yet another month.
Sony has revealed that the PlayStation Network will be going offline on Monday, 27th January 2014 affecting your evening gaming session. The maintenance will last for approximately 6 hours between 5.30pm to 11.30pm GMT (6.30pm to 00.30am CET).
Following suit after SCEE, SCEA has released it’s own PlayStation Store charts for December 2013, revealing the top selling PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games. On the PS4, Call of Duty: Ghosts was the top selling game with the PS3 digital upgrades program, but Battlefield 4 came out on top overall, not including digital upgrades. As for the PS3, new release Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition was the top selling title.
Sony has revealed that there will be another period of maintenance this Monday, affecting European gamers’ evening session. The maintenance window will begin at 4:00 PM GMT on Monday 9th December, and will last up to midnight – a total of 8 hours of downtime. The maintenance could be related to the recent “password reset” issue PSN users have been seeing recently.
Sony have updated the Terms of Service (ToS) for the PlayStation Network, with new clauses added to prohibit reselling of software and permission to monitor your online activities, should they deem fit. The software clause (section 7.1) states that users cannot resell their games without authorisation from Sony – effectively stopping you from selling games to others.
SCEA have released the charts for the top selling titles on the PlayStation Network for North America, revealing Grand Theft Auto V as the top titles on the PS3, followed by Battlefield 4. On the PS Vita, the The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season was the top selling title, followed by Killzone: Mercenary.
SCEE has released the PlayStation Store Charts for October 2013 for Europe, revealing the top selling games. On the PS3, GTA V and FIFA 14 continues their rein of the chart, keeping first and second spots, respectively. New comers Battlefield 4 and Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag also debut on the chart in third and fourth place, respectively.
