PlayStation Network Suffering Major Outage

According to Downdetector, PlayStation Network (PSN) has been down since 6 PM ET, with Sony assuring users that they're working to fix the problem "as soon as possible." For gaming specifically, Sony says that "you might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features."

"We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN," Sony said in an 8:46PM ET post on X. No further details were made available.

An r/PlayStation thread has more than 10,000 comments. As of 11:35 PM PST, the service remains down.

Again?

[hcs_$reboot]

Did someone avenge a techie after he was harassed by Sony?

Re:

[Tough Love]

Don't know, did Sony harass you?

Just some users?

[evanh]

Usually it implies less than one percent with networks this large. And maybe clumped in a localised area.

Oops

[Anonymous Coward]

This is what happens when you suspend aide spending without understanding how the money is being distributed.

Way to go DOGE!

Re:

[Narcocide]

Heheh. Probably not, but pretty funny. :)

Re:Oops

[Entrope]

My bet is that something bad happened in Nebraska [xkcd.com].

DOGE

[slowdeath]

Damn you Elon Musk!

Oh no!

[ClueHammer]

All the gamers might leave their gamer chairs and stumble outside dazed and confused, with no idea what to do without a controller in their hands...

Re: Oh no!

[zawarski]

Nah, they will just sit there and goon out till it comes back up.

Enshittification

[PetiePooo]

Yet another reason for games to NOT require a network login while launching...

Re:

[mjwx]

This is yet another reason why I'm glad I'm a member of the PCGMR. I don't have to have a network connection to play games. Steam and GOG will both let me play offline... not to mention the myriad of games I can launch directly (many of them Steam games, you can just go direct to the executable).

Seems consoles got all the drawbacks of PC Gaming with none of the advantages... and a few drawbacks we never had like having to pay to play online.