PlayStation Network is working after 24-hour outage: Sony
The PlayStation Network, which users of the Sony PlayStation platform rely on to play games, download content, and access apps, started working again Saturday night after a 24-hour outage that left customers frustrated.
'All services are up and running,' PlayStation announced on its website around 7 p.m. Saturday. The problems, which prevented many customers from 'launching games, apps or network features,' were first reported at 7 p.m. Friday, the company said.
'PSN has been restored,' the company's support team posted on the social platform X at 6:58 p.m. Saturday. 'You should be able to access online features without any problems now.'
The company did not explain the cause of the outage and did not immediately respond to an email seeking more information.
The issues affected users of PlayStation's most popular offerings, including its console and web products. Account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store and PlayStation Direct were among the impacted services.
PlayStation creates software and hardware, including hugely popular gaming consoles. Users play video games and run apps like Netflix, Spotify and YouTube through the PlayStation Network.
On social media, some users reported that they were able to use their PlayStation on Saturday afternoon but many were still experiencing issues into the evening.
During the outage, some users reported that they were not able to play offline games, a testament to how severe the server problems were, as offline games usually do not face the same issues that online games will sometimes experience.
As users complained on social media, other brands fired off trolling messages.
'Calling all gamers: this play station still works,' Krispy Kreme posted on X. Krispy Kreme offered free glazed doughnuts for two hours Saturday 'because sweet rewards don't need a server.'
'bet y'all want physical copies now,' GameStop, the struggling video game retail chain, said on X.
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