PlayStation Network Down on PS4 and PS5 [UPDATE]

UPDATE: PlayStation Network services are backed up and should work as intended. If you’ve still having issues, check out this page here.

ORIGINALLY: PlayStation Network, also known as PSN, is not available on PS4 and PS5. At the time of writing, servers have been declining minutes ago, and currently all PlayStation platforms are affected, as are all other related services like PlayStation Plus. The news was first shared by the official Fortnite Status Twitter Account After players started reporting en masse, they were unable to access the free play royale game on PlayStation platforms. Since then, the official PlayStation Status website has confirmed that every aspect of PSN, or PlayStation Video, is down or experiencing issues.

At the time of publication, it is unclear which areas are affected. Furthermore, it is unclear how long PlayStation players should expect services to be unavailable. That said, as long as services are not available, PlayStation gamers will be limited to offline games and singles.

Not only is it unclear how widespread the disruption is and when a solution will be rolled out, but it is unclear what is causing the problem in the first place. Usually, when PSN and other similar services like Xbox Live Gold go down, it is due to server overload, which means that servers usually experience problems on weekends when everyone is playing.

PlayStation Network is currently experiencing an outage. Since PlayStation is working to resolve this issue, you can keep track of the status here: https: //t.co/rNAFmWENN3

– Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) 11 February 2021

At the time of publication, details of the interruption are scarce. That being said, we’ll probably update the story as new and official details come in. Sony is usually very quick to resolve such interruptions, but there have been cases where PSN went down and stayed on for hours. In other words, be prepared to wait until possible tomorrow to gain access to PlayStation Network.

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