If you’ve had trouble accessing PlayStation Network the last few hours,Sony’s aware of it, too. There’s no timeline for when PSN might come back online, but you can continue to monitor its status on this website. We’ll be keeping an eye out.
It's a rough Monday for Sony, as the PlayStation Network appears to be experiencing widespread issues. Sony acknowledge that it's aware of the problems, which have affected PS4, PS3 and Vita users for pretty much the entire morning. The company's network status tracker also notes that all of PSN's services are having issues. There's no word when service will be restored, but we'd imagine Sony is working feverishly to get things sorted ahead of its CES press conference tomorrow. We've reached out to Sony for additional comment and will update if we hear back.
We're aware that some users are having trouble accessing PSN. Thanks for your patience as we investigate.https://t.co/8hMUSl2cCe
— Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) January 4, 2016Sony has confirmed what gamers using the PlayStation Network on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita this morning already knew: the company's online service is down. Worse, the company is unable to approximate when service will return.
The company has a history with outages of the PlayStation Network, which connects multiplayer games on its consoles and also hosts its digital storefront. In 2011, the PlayStation Network's security was compromised, leading to a 23 day outage. It's unclear what the cause of the current outage. "We're aware that some users are having trouble accessing PSN," tweeted @AskPlayStation. "Thanks for your patience as we investigate."
Sony's CES press event takes place tomorrow.
We're aware that some users are having trouble accessing PSN. Thanks for your patience as we investigate.https://t.co/8hMUSl2cCe
— Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) January 4, 2016Sony has confirmed what gamers using the PlayStation Network on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita this morning already knew: the company's online service is down. Worse, the company is unable to approximate when service will return.
The company has a history with outages of the PlayStation Network, which connects multiplayer games on its consoles and also hosts its digital storefront. In 2011, the PlayStation Network's security was compromised, leading to a 23 day outage. It's unclear what the cause of the current outage. "We're aware that some users are having trouble accessing PSN," tweeted @AskPlayStation. "Thanks for your patience as we investigate."
Sony's CES press event takes place tomorrow.
UPDATE ONE
Sony have confirmed that all core PlayStation services are offline on PS4, PS3 and PS Vita in what appears to be qn issue impacting fans worldwide.
Affected areas include:
It has left players from around the globe unable to sign in or create an account, effectively leaving many unable to use their device.
Affected areas include:
- Account Management
- Gaming And Social
- PlayStation Now
- PlayStation Video
- PlayStation Vue
- PlayStation Store
- PlayStation Music
It has left players from around the globe unable to sign in or create an account, effectively leaving many unable to use their device.
UPDATE TWO
The PlayStation support team have confirmed that engineers are still investigating what has happened to the PlayStation Network.
"We are currently under maintenance and you may be experiencing issues," an official PlayStation message reads.
"We're aware that some users are having trouble accessing PSN.
"Thanks for your patience as we investigate."
It is currently unclear what has caused the latest outage, the worst experienced by fans since Christmas 2016, where players found themselves unable to log into busy servers.
"We are currently under maintenance and you may be experiencing issues," an official PlayStation message reads.
"We're aware that some users are having trouble accessing PSN.
"Thanks for your patience as we investigate."
It is currently unclear what has caused the latest outage, the worst experienced by fans since Christmas 2016, where players found themselves unable to log into busy servers.
UPDATE THREE
Sony have released a brief update on the situation affecting the PlayStation Network.
Many PS4, PS3 and PS Vita owners have been unable to use key core services connected with their consoles since around 4pm UK time, including logging in and playing online multiplayer.
Reports continue to pour in of users being unable to use the PSN, one fan recently posted: "Accounts section just let me register a new user.. Been waiting three hours for it.. Things on the up..Maybe?"
The PSN Service Status page still lists all features being offline, while a new update from the PlayStation support team gives little hope of a quick turnaround.
"We are still working on resolving today's issues with PSN. Thanks for your continued patience," an official post reads.
Many who now try to log in find themselves faced with an error message explaining that the PSN is down for maintenance.
The outage is thought to be affecting PlayStation customers worldwide and isn't just limited to the UK, Europe and North America.
Many PS4, PS3 and PS Vita owners have been unable to use key core services connected with their consoles since around 4pm UK time, including logging in and playing online multiplayer.
Reports continue to pour in of users being unable to use the PSN, one fan recently posted: "Accounts section just let me register a new user.. Been waiting three hours for it.. Things on the up..Maybe?"
The PSN Service Status page still lists all features being offline, while a new update from the PlayStation support team gives little hope of a quick turnaround.
"We are still working on resolving today's issues with PSN. Thanks for your continued patience," an official post reads.
Many who now try to log in find themselves faced with an error message explaining that the PSN is down for maintenance.
The outage is thought to be affecting PlayStation customers worldwide and isn't just limited to the UK, Europe and North America.
update four
Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Network is now back up for many PS4 and PS3 gamers affected by the earlier mass outage.
The PlayStation Service Status page has now been updated to show all core PlayStation services have been reinstated.
It is still unclear what caused the issues that left many PS4, PS3 and PS Vita users unable to log on to their consoles for much of today.
The Express can confirm that features such as the PlayStation Store are now accessible for us in the UK and North America.
The PlayStation Service Status page has now been updated to show all core PlayStation services have been reinstated.
It is still unclear what caused the issues that left many PS4, PS3 and PS Vita users unable to log on to their consoles for much of today.
The Express can confirm that features such as the PlayStation Store are now accessible for us in the UK and North America.