PlayStation has issued a brief response to the ongoing PSN outage across the United States. Currently, all PSN areas are out, according to the official PlayStation Network Service Status page. This means that PS4 and PS5 users cannot access account management, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, PlayStation Direct, or gaming. Those who want to play online titles on the PlayStation will run into issues trying to connect to the servers, making it difficult for many to access their PSN accounts and send messages to PSN friends across the service.
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In response to the ongoing PSN shortage, the Ask PlayStation X account stated, ” We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN. For more details:https://status.playstation.com/.” The response doesn’t contribute much to the masses of PS4 and PS5 users who want to play their games on the consoles. The link sends users to a network service status page where Sony states that some services are experiencing issues. At the current moment, all services are down.
The first outage was reported around 7:00 PM ET, so this outage has been ongoing for the last couple of hours. A solution has not been found yet, but we can expect that PlayStation is currently working on a solution. Given the statement from the company, they are aware of the issue. There hasn’t been an answer as to why this outage is happening, nor does the statement from PlayStation give any indications as to why it’s going on. In most cases, this could happen due to a spike in traffic on the servers but the length is a bit concerning since these typically resolve in 30 minutes or so.
The ongoing outage seems to not only be in the United States but all across the world as well. International users are reporting outages as well, meaning that PSN is down altogether.
