Nothing Like Waiting Until the Last Minute

Sony promised on 4/30 that some Playstation Network services would be back up and running within a week.  The promised services were:

• Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems-This includes titles requiring online verification and downloaded games
• Access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3/PSP for existing subscribers
• Access to account management and password reset
• Access to download un-expired Movie Rentals on PS3, PSP and MediaGo
• PlayStation®Home
• Friends List
• Chat Functionality

As of the posting of this article at 5:00 PM Eastern time, all PSN services are still down as the PSN still reports that it is under maintenance.  Sony has been silent towards its customers regarding progress towards service restoration.  Posts on the Playstation Blog on May 2nd and on May 4th give no information about the progress of service restoration.

In my mind Sony's last legitimate day to get things rolling again this week is tomorrow.  Once we get beyond business hours tomorrow, it is highly improbable that the PSN will be brought up over the weekend.  I just don't believe at this point that their PR department could possibly waste an opportunity to make a fanfare about the return of service and to get people excited about gaming on the PSN again.  With gaming journalism not necessarily a 24/7 business just yet, they wouldn't get the coverage they would get by having things ready to go first thing on Monday.
 
I hope Sony proves me wrong.

Will they?

I doubt it.