Has the PlayStation Network gone down? PS5 and PS4 users complain that services don’t work during major outages

PLAYSTATION players are unable to get online this morning due to what appears to be a worldwide outage.

Sony confirms that thousands of users cannot access the gaming services: what happened?

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Has the PlayStation Network gone down?

According to the website, the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Direct are experiencing issues.

Game streaming is also experiencing network issues, which Sony says is being worked on.

They said: “You may have difficulty launching games, apps or network functions.

“We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.”

They continued, “You may have difficulty obtaining products on PlayStation Store.”

When did the PlayStation Network go down?

Around 2 a.m. EST, reports of outages began to surface on Twitter and other social media.

Sony’s website says the problems started around the same time users started reporting them.

The problems with PlayStation Direct appear to have started earlier than the problems with streaming and the PlayStation Store.

PlayStation has had problems with network outages in the past, with one major outage leaving users around the world without access for hours over the past year.

Thousands of users have reported problems with Downdetector, with reports pouring in from both the UK and US.

The PS4, PS5 and web games were all affected at the time.

This current outage does not appear to be at the same level as before and will be addressed.

What did users say?

Users have expressed their frustration on various social media.

One account said: “Is it just me or is the PlayStation Network having major problems? Can’t play online at the moment.”

A user from Japan tweeted something similar: “Anyone playing PlayStation right now?

“I can’t connect to PlayStation Network, is it me?

The official Twitter account for Fourteen days posted about the ongoing issues on the PlayStation Network and confirmed that users were having difficulties.

Many users have started posting memes and joking about how badly they want to sign up and play.

One frustrated gamer said, “IF I JUST WANT TO PLAY AFTER A LONG DAY OF HOMEWORK AND WORK AND PLAYSTATION NETWORK DECIDES TO BE DOWN GRAAAHHH!”

Another posted a gif of Forest Gump in progress, with the caption: “Running to twitter to see if anyone else is having trouble logging into PlayStation Network.”

According to the PlayStation website, the issues are currently being fixed.

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