PLAYSTATION’S network was down in multiple countries for hours on Wednesday.
The gaming giant’s website showed several issues with multiple PlayStation services.
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These services include Gaming and Social and PlayStation Now.
The PlayStation Store was also said to be affected.
Thousands of users reported issues on Downdetector, with reports flooding in from both the UK and US.
The PlayStation website said there was issues with PS4, PS5 and its web games.
It 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.”
With regards to PlayStation Now, the site said: “You might have difficulty streaming PlayStation Now games.
“We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.”
Purchases, downloads, browsing, search and vouchers were all said to have been impacted on the PlayStation Store.
The PlayStation website stated: “You might have difficulty getting products on the PlayStation Store.
“We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.”
According to The Verge, not every PS4 and PS5 player was affected.
Problems began around 8:30AM ET (12:30 GMT) and are still plaguing some users after 4:30pm ET.
PlayStation’s Japanese Twitter confirmed the outage.
A translation of the tweet read: “PSN™ (including PlayStation® Store) may not be available at this time.”
And added: “We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers.
“We are conducting an investigation and restoration work, so please wait for a while.”
It’s unclear how long users will be waiting to get back online.
We have reached out to Sony, which owns PlayStation, for comment.
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