PlayStation Network is back up and running after major outage
On Monday evening, every gamer's worst nightmare became a reality. The PlayStation Network went down, locking users out of their accounts and removing any access to online gaming or any games that require an online connection. The outage lasted for several hours, with the official PSN Service Status website confirming that there were problems affecting almost all areas, including gaming, account management, and the PlayStation Store.
However, at the time of writing, I'm able to sign in to my account on my PS5 and access both offline and online games. Across social media, it appears that most other users are now also able to sign in to their accounts and access online games again, although the official PSN Service Status page has not yet updated to state the services are up and running. It may be the case that the problem returns, but at the moment, most users seem to be able to access games without any further issues.
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According to the official PSN Service Status page, the problem started at 9.21 pm ET on September 30. Many users took to social media in horror as they were locked out of playing their games for several hours.
The PSN Service Status page stated that the issue was affecting multiple areas. This included account management, meaning that it wasn't possible to sign in to an account, to edit your account details, or to create a new account. PlayStation Video was also affected, meaning you weren't able to access PlayStation Video content.
The PlayStation Store was also down, so it wasn't possible to search, browse, purchase, or download games. Most upsetting of all, however, was that gaming and social were down, meaning users were unable to launch apps or games that had any online element, including those games that only needed an online connection to sign in. Games that are totally offline could still be played, however, provided
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