PSN outage began on February 8, disrupting gaming, account management, and purchases.
Over 70,000 users worldwide have reported issues accessing multiplayer and the PS Store.
Gamers flood social media with memes and complaints, demanding a quick resolution.
Sony PlayStation Network Outage:Thousands of gamers around the world are unable to play games because the PlayStation Network is down. Many online gamers have been affected by the outage, which has prevented them from managing their accounts, making purchases, or accessing multiplayer gaming, party chat, or the PlayStation Store.
The PSN outage began in the early morning of February 8, and has affected thousands of gamers for over 15 hours. According to the outage monitoring platform Downdetector, the issue began at 5 a.m. and has yet to be resolved. Over 70,000 users worldwide have reported disruptions while using their gaming consoles, including the PS5 and PS4.
Sony has responded to the outage, stating, “You may experience difficulty launching games, apps, or network features. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. “Thank you for your patience.” Gamers can find similar messages on the PS Store and account management.
Sony confirmed on its status page that some services are experiencing issues.
“Service is not running includes account management, gaming and social and PlayStation Store,” according to the page.
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It’s worth noting that the reason for the massive global outage is still unknown. Furthermore, the company has not provided an exact timeline for resolving the PlayStation Network outage.
On the other hand, gamers have taken to social media platforms such as X to mock Sony for the massive outage. Users have posted memes, opinions, and videos claiming that they are unable to access games such as Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Grand Theft Auto.
“Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down for ~15 hours now. Sony hasn’t provided an update on the major outage for 12 hours,” an X user stated.
It remains to be seen when Sony will be able to fix the PlayStation Network issue and till when the services remain affected.
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