PlayStation Network is suffering a major outage, affecting the full gamut of online services that it provides.
it seems that PSN dropped offline just before midnight in the UK, with DownDetector noting a huge spike of reported issues. That naturally tailed off as people went to bed, but our own PlayStations are reporting that PSN is offline as of 9:30AM GMT.
The PlayStation Network status page is red across the board including account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and even PlayStation Direct.
I think the “some services” is understating things a little, Sony…
So, if you were hoping to get some online gaming in this Saturday morning, you might need to turn on a PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch or change plans to watch the 24/7 Tom & Jerry anniversary stream instead. I suppose you could always play something single-player instead.
We’ll try to keep an eye on things and update this page when PSN comes back.
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