My good friend just bought the Heavensward bundled with the original game on the PSN for his PS4. Unfortunately when he goes to try and play the game (sans expansion) it loads to a screen that reads:
"The service is currently unavailable due to maintenance.
Please try again at a later time.

*Please restart the client for FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn."

Is anyone else seeing this issue? Does it mean he has to wait for the expansion to launch just to be able to play the game at all?

(He has an SEN account made and linked to his PSN account. Because of how the PSN edition works he cannot just drop a code in on his PC and move the account along.)
Thanks for any help