Is PlayStation Network down? PS5 and PS4 users complain services not working in huge outage

PLAYSTATION players are unable to get online this morning in what appears to be a global outage.

Sony confirmed thousands of users are unable to access the gaming services: what happened?

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Thousands of users across the globe are experiencing issues with the console

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Is PlayStation Network down?

According to the website, PlayStation Store and PlayStation Direct are experiencing issues.

Game streaming is also witnessing network issues, which Sony says is being worked on.

They said: “You might have difficulty launching games, apps or network features.

“We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.”

They continued: “You might have difficulty getting products in PlayStation Store.”

When did PlayStation Network go down?

Around 2am EST reports emerged on Twitter and other social media about outages.

The Sony website says the issues began around the same time users began reporting them.

The issues with PlayStation direct seem to have begun earlier than the issues with streaming and the PlayStation store.

PlayStation has had issues with network outages in the past, with one major outage causing users across the world to have zero access for hours last year.

Thousands of users reported issues on Downdetector, with reports flooding in from both the UK and US.

The PS4, PS5 and web games were all affected at the time.

This current outage doesn’t seem to be at the same level as before, and is being resolved.

What have users said?

Users have expressed their frustrations over various social medias.

One account said: “Is it only me or PlayStation Network is having some major troubles? Can’t play online at the moment.”

One user based out of Japan tweeted something similar: “Anyone playing on the PlayStation right now?

“I can’t connect to the PlayStation Network, is it just me?

The official Twitter account for Fortnite posted about the ongoing issues across the PlayStation network, confirming that users were having difficulty.

Many users have begun posting memes and joking about how badly they want to log on and play.

A frustrated gamer said: “WHEN I JUST WANNA GAME AFTER A LONG DAY OF HOMEWORK AND WORK AND PLAYSTATION NETWORK DECIDES TO BE DOWN GRAAAHHH!”

Another posted a gif of Forest Gump running, captioned: “Me running to twitter to see if anyone else was having PlayStation Network sign in issues.”

The issues are currently being addressed, according to PlayStation’s website.

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Users have expressed their frustrations online about the issues

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