We'll know more as Sony works to resolve the issue and finally provide an explanation, but my mind immediately goes to the 23-day PlayStation Network hack and outage back in 2011. Here's hoping ...

"You might have difficulty signing in or creating an account for PlayStation Network. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience." The PlayStation status ...

Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN ... which is used to diagnose general network problems. Some parts of PSN may also remain inaccessible until Sony's work to fix the service is complete.

Tens of thousands of PlayStation users have reported issues with the Sony console's network over the past day. According to DownDetector, external the problem began just before midnight on ...

After fixing the problem, the Japanese company announced ... of PlayStation Plus to subscribers affected by the recent PlayStation Network outage,” the company said in an email.

The PlayStation Network was down, and it was down for an entire day in which Sony mostly stayed silent, not providing updates to players as to what was wrong. Sony acknowledged the issue when ...

Meanwhile, the PlayStation Store is very similar to the current PS3 store, which has made enormous strides over the last few years — but it shares the discoverability and organization problems ...