PlayStation Network is coming back online after an evening outage that left users unable to play some of their games for hours.
At the time of this article’s publication, Sony’s PSN service status page still showed warnings across Account management, Gaming and social, PlayStation Video, and the PlayStation Store, with an overall warning that “some services are experiencing issues.”
This PSN issue affected all PlayStation consoles currently supported (PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5) and other services that require a PSN login.
The Japanese Ask PlayStation Twitter account said Sony was investigating and carrying out recovery work. “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused,” Sony said.
However, users are reporting PSN is slowly coming back online, and IGN was able to log in to PSN this morning in the UK.
The PSN outage once again raises issues with a lack of true offline play for many single-player focused games. Does it play?, which tests commercial releases to ensure they work internet free, tweeted: “Good thing we have internet so we aren't affected by offline services. Oh, wait, that's not how it works.
“Has anyone tried registering a detachable disc drive? Does that still work?”
The outage came amid Sony's admission that recent changes to the PS5 homescreen that replaced unique video game art with annoying ads was a "technical error."
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
