Your PS5, PS4, PS3, and Vita might have looked normal — but if you had issues, it’s because Sony’s PlayStation Network was not completely healthy. Sony’s Network Service Status page was red for hours, after a partial outage began at roughly 12PM ET. By 4:30PM ET, service had reportedly been restored, and it’s all green now.
PlayStation Network is back after hours of partial outage
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‘Some services are experiencing issues,’ wrote. ony.
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At the time, we could still see our friends online, play games that require network authentication, download updates, and access the PlayStation Store, but there were a lot of “Can’t load data” error messages under player profiles, and the web version of the PlayStation Store didn’t load.
And when I tried to fire up multiplayer in Hot Wheels Unleashed, I got this communication error:
My colleague Joanna says she was able to play a little Fall Guys, though.
Sony said the following things might not have worked:
- “You might have difficulty signing in or creating an account for PlayStation Network.”
- “You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features.”
- “You might have difficulty getting PlayStation Video content.”
- “You might have difficulty getting products on the PlayStation Store.”
- “You might have difficulty getting products on PlayStation Direct.”
“Game streaming” was also potentially down.
Nvidia’s GeForce Now also had a game streaming outage today, though it was resolved at around the time we first published this story.
Joanna Nelius contributed to this story.
Update, 8:37PM ET: Added that service has been restored.
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