PlayStation Network Down: Millions of Gamers Seethe as PSN Goes Offline

The PlayStation Network has been offline for several hours, prompting gamers worldwide to take to social media and vent their frustration at the gaming tech titan. On platforms like Twitter, thousands of comments have surfaced from impacted users, some of whom have been booted out of the network mid-session thanks to a problem that PlayStation hasn’t officially addressed.

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Why Is The PlayStation Network Down?

Outside of updating the PlayStation Network status page with a message that the team is ‘working to resolve the issue as soon as possible’, nothing has been said about why the PlayStation Network outage is happening.

Per the status updates, the issue is impacting the following services:

• Account Management
• Gaming and Social
• PlayStation Video
• PlayStation Store

Everything from purchasing new games to streaming video online, and from editing your account details to pre-ordering titles has been impacted by the PlayStation Network going down. Presently, gamers everywhere are feeling cheated by the lack of updates from Sony, especially given the duration of this outage.

How to Fix Your PlayStation Network Error

At the moment, there’s nothing you can do to fix the PlayStation Network issue – it’s just a waiting game at this point. It’s not as simple as rebooting your router or turning your console off and then on again. Those ‘old faithful’ tech fixes just won’t work. Instead, you’ll need to wait for the tech geniuses at PlayStation to patch up their issues and get the service back online.

Per the latest update on the Sony status page, this issue is impacting PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 3. That’s the full suite, in case you were wondering. If you were interested, Xbox’s services remain online and functional, so there’s that.

Sadly, this means that any digital games are having issues simply being booted, which is a staunch reminder of the dangers of digital-only gaming. If the network goes offline, you lose access to your library – that’s the sum total of the situation.

Have you been impacted by the PlayStation Network down situation? Let us know on the Insider Gaming forum.

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