Sony has announced "routine" maintenance for PlayStation Network will take place next week.
Scheduled for Monday, November 17, the maintenance will begin at 10:00am and end at 4:00pm Pacific Time (1:00pm to 7:00pm Eastern Time). During this approximate 6 hour window, Sony will deploy a series "of back-end improvements to the network." It's vague, but Sony's PSN maintenance updates usually are. Let's just hope the maintenance doesn't extend past the planned window, as PSN maintenance tends to do.
Sony maintains that if you've signed into the network any time since November 13, you should still be able to play games online and access partner apps like Netflix during the maintenance period. PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home, and Account Management will be unavailable during this time, however. Should you attempt to access these services, you will see a maintenance notification.
As always, we'll remind you when PSN maintenance begins and when the servers are back up.
