Update - The PlayStation Network is back online, get off that grass and come back inside
Original Article (published on Friday at 1:56 AM GMT): You read that correctly. The PlayStation Network (PSN) is currently offline. That means online services for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 are not currently working. Your gaming sesh will have to wait, I'm afraid.
PlayStation apologizes for major network outage with free Plus time for members
"All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service," reads a post on X from the official PlayStation support account @AskPlayStation. Five free days of service isn't a bad trade for an issue that lasted around half a day.
PlayStation Network Back Online After A Mysterious Major Outage That Lasted 24 Hours
The PlayStation Network is suffering what appears to be a massive outage heading into the weekend. PlayStation 5 and PS4 Players across social media, including X and Reddit, are reporting being unable to connect to Sony’s online services, including multiplayer matches and the PlayStation Store.
24 hours later, PlayStation Network returns — but questions remain
Sony’s PlayStation Network was down from Friday to Saturday evening. Surpassing 24 hours, it was one of the decade’s longest unscheduled outages of a major video game network. The outage was wide-reaching, including PSN’s account management, social features, the PlayStation Store, and more.
PlayStation Network plagued by outages, which started Friday night
The PlayStation Network, which connects people while playing games online on Sony PlayStation game systems, experienced outages Friday night and remained offline for many users at about 3 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Sony PlayStation Network Outage Enrages Gamers Around the World
Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) is experiencing a major outage across the world, leaving tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps
Sony's PlayStation Network back up after more than 24-hour outage worldwide
In April 2011, PlayStation services stayed offline for 21 days due to an attack from hackers where 77 million accounts were compr
PlayStation Network 16-hour outage continues, quashing online video games
Sony PlayStation console owners faced an untimely weekend outage on the PlayStation Network starting Friday night.
Sony Says PlayStation Network Outage Has Now Been Resolved
Sony Group Corp. said the issue with its PlayStation Network has been resolved, after its service left thousands of players unable to sign on or stream games for most of Saturday.
PlayStation's daylong global outage disrupted the online gaming economy and knocked Sony's stock
A nearly 24-hour outage on Sony's PlayStation Network Friday night disrupted the online gaming economy and sent Sony's stock down.
Sony’s PlayStation Network reports major global outage
PlayStation Support posted on X on Friday night that it was “aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN.”
PlayStation is dropping its PSN account requirement for some PC games
The change means you can play single-player PC games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 without needing to log in.
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Following protests, PlayStation maker Sony is backpedaling its PSN requirement policy for several of its games on PC.
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PSN Is Back Online: Sony Gives Reason For The Downtime And Reveals Free Compensation Reward
The PlayStation Network suffered a major outage lasting nearly 24 hours but is now back up and running--here is how Sony is ...