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It looks as if PSN is down across several regions. it's highly unusual and rare to see such outages, so here's what we know so far about when it started, what it's affecting, and if there's any sign of a recovery.
It began at 09:51 PST / 12:51 EST /16:51 GMT today and is currently affecting PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and web services across the board.
Players have been reporting errors and issues across account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and PlayStation Direct. While your experience will vary depending on your region, we do know that the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, and continental Europe have all been hit by the outage which leads us to believe it might be a global problem.
As you can see from a snapshot below of the official PlayStation Network Service Status page, it does not look good, with issues affecting all facets of the ecosystem.
PlayStation Network reports on Down Detector are spiking right now, which means more and more people are reporting problems.
With such a widespread outage across all of PlayStation's services, folks will be up against it if they want to do anything from redeem a code and buy a game, to jump into the main online game of the moment in Helldivers 2. With the imminent release of Rise of the Ronin and Dragon's Dogma 2, this is seriously unfortunate timing and could well affect many players looking to download the new games in preparation.
As to what caused the outage? We can't be sure, but will keep this page updated with any more news we get in terms of a fix, online elements coming back online, and any reasons for the outage.
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