The PlayStation connection suffered a major outage lasting nearly 24 hours but is now back up and running.
[UPDATE]The PlayStation web connection is back online and operating normally.
Sony said players should now be able to access online services “without any problems.”
“Sorry for the inconvenience,” Sony said in its update announcing the restoration of online services.
But the company eventually stated that an “operational issue” led to the downtime.
In terms of compensation, Sony is giving all PlayStation Plus members an additional five days of service.
“We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience,” Sony said.
web link services have fully recovered from an operational issue.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience.
All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service.
The original story follows below.
Why is the PSN down?
This is the key question.
Sony’s lack of communication is frustrating some fans.
“So it’s possible Sony is dealing with something similar,” Warren said.
What’s affected by the PSN outage?
Even physical games are bricked without PSN access if it’s crucial that you pair a disc drive.
As usual, your mileage may vary with any PSN issues.
The issues are impacting limited-time in-game events, including Destiny 2’s Heresy/Sundered Doctrine contest.
Bungie is currently “discussing options,” but cannot commit to a specific plan right now.
One potential option is to “consider a future weekend as a make-up period,” the developer said.
Bungie is owned by Sony.
Call of Duty’s Terminator event is going on now as well.
“Because sweet rewards don’t need a server,” the company said.
For people in New England, the outage comes just ahead of abig snowstorm.
So anyone hoping to hunker down at home with a game might be sadly out of luck.
Then there’s the Super Bowl on Sunday, which will no doubt bring friends and family together.
You canfollow the official PSN Status pageto get up-to-the-second updates on how the servers are running.
We will update this post as more information becomes available.
Sonysettled that lawsuit in 2014.The 2011 PSN outage was said to havecost Sony more than $170 million.
Are Xbox and Nintendo also impacted?
Online services for Xbox and Nintendo are up and running normally right now.
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