The PlayStation Network will be inaccessible for around five hours later today for planned maintenance, according to a post on the
PlayStation forums.
The maintenance will begin at 8:30 a.m. PT and run until 2:00 p.m. PT (11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET). During this time the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home, and Account Management will all be unavailable.
“In order to access online game play and partner apps during this routine maintenance, we ask that you please sign in to the network prior to Monday, March 10th,” Sony wrote.
Sony also added that the European PlayStation Network will be down today from 4:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. GMT.