Is PlayStation Network down? How to check PSN server status
If you happened to try playing online on your PlayStation this morning (Friday 3rd March) or indeed checked Twitter, you may have noticed a few problems.
Specifically, you may have seen that PlayStation Network (PSN) was down, preventing users from accessing online features such as multiplayer gaming, streaming and the PlayStation Store.
Given that PSN is vital to so many services on PlayStation consoles, it's rather essential to know whether PSN is down or if it's just your console experiencing issues — so here's how you can check.
PlayStation Network iscurrently up and running, according to Sony's PSN Status Webpage.
However, PSN was down for about an hour this morning, starting at 7am GMT until service mostly resumed around 8am GMT.
PlayStation users took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.
The service appeared to be down in multiple regions, with the PSN status webpage previously stating that the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Direct, Gaming and Social services were down. This would apparently cause «difficulty launching games, apps or social features».
Sony has yet to comment on the cause of the outage, but thankfully has seemingly been able to fix the issue.
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This isn't the first time PlayStation Network has encountered issues — and likely won't be the last — so if you ever want to check if PSN is officially down, the easiest way is to check the PlayStation Network Status Page.
The webpage will tell you which specific services are currently experiencing issues, and how this could affect your
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