PlayStation gamers are fuming about the ongoing PSN outage that is affecting their ability to boot up both single and multiplayer titles on their consoles. Sony has so far kept quiet about its PSN servers being down for around six hours, at the time of writing.
Currently the services affected include Account Management, Gaming and Social, PlayStation Video, and PlayStation Store. The only PSN service left standing right now is PlayStation Direct, so if you want to buy a PS5 Pro as Sony flounders to fix the PSN outage while saying nothing to its PS4 and PS5 owner base, then you still can.
Bethesda has acknowledged that PSN is down, taking to its @BethesdaSupport Twitter account to let players of The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 on PlayStation know about the PSN outage, and advising them to keep an eye on the official PSN status page.
DownDetector is showing reports of the PSN outage kicking in at around 1am BST on Tuesday, October 1, which is 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT on Monday, September 30. for players in the US, reports the Mirror.
Affected platforms include PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web, and “Other” which may refer to the PS App. At the time of writing, mine is being very uncooperative, so presumably that’s down to the PSN outage rather than spotty internet.
Some players are a bit wary that the PSN outage may be something more nefarious, especially considering that Sony is no stranger to hacking; in 2011, the company had to pay out millions to PlayStation users whose personal details were exposed in a huge security breach.
We’ll be keeping an eye on the @AskPlayStation Twitter account for official word from Sony, as well as the PSN status page, but for now, if you were hoping to join your Battle Brothers in Space Marine 2, or drop into Helldivers 2, you’ll have to put your plans on hold. We’ll keep an eye on the situation as it develops and let you know when PSN servers are back online.
And if you’re a Hunt: Showdown 1896 player, remember, servers are down this morning for an update so your game is going to be affected either way if you’re on PlayStation. And Fortnite is down as well for update 31.30 so once again, PlayStation might be out of the game for longer than everyone else.
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