PSN is going down next week—but only for an hour.
Sony announced today that the PlayStation 4 will have a one-hour maintenance outage between 10:30 PM PT and 11:30 PM PT on October 25 for scheduled fixes.
During this time, players will be able to sign onto PSN, play games and use most applications, but they won’t be able to update their accounts, watch PlayStation Video or buy games on PlayStation Store, as these services will be offline. There’s no word on whether party chat will be affected.
“We apologize for any inconvenience,” Sony said. “We strive to ensure that PlayStation Network services are available at all times, but occasionally we must take PlayStation Network offline to perform essential maintenance and implement feature enhancements. We are working hard to reduce the duration of each maintenance.”
The system’s latest update brought the PS4 up to version 4.01, which improved the stability of the platform.