- PlayStation Network affected by outage
- Services unavailable since 10am
Millions of gamers have panicked after the PlayStation Network suffered a major global outage.
The network was reportedly offline for most of Tuesday, with complaints coming in since 10 a.m.
A warning message currently appears on the PlayStation Network website, Account Management, PlayStation Store, and Gaming & Social pages.
‘You may have trouble launching games, apps or network functions. We will do our best to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience,” it read.
‘You may be having trouble logging in or creating an account for PlayStation Network. We will do our best to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.’
Account holders cannot log in on the PS5, PS4, PS Vita and PS3.
Tens of thousands of Australian gamers have been affected by the outage.
Social media users have expressed their frustration on X with many asking when the network will be operational again.
Millions of gamers have panicked after the PlayStation Network suffered a major global outage
“PlayStation Network going down and not letting you play the games you paid for is a reminder that you don’t ‘own’ anything digitally,” one person wrote.
“Anything that ‘must verify your license’ didn’t sell you anything, profited from it, and still controls your access to it.”
Another added: “Pretending I don’t care about the PlayStation servers being down so they get fixed faster.”
No timetable has been given for when the network will be available again, with the silence further irritating gamers.
“What the hell are you doing with PlayStation? Your servers are offline,” one gamer wrote.
“PlayStation servers have been offline for hours now and no update on them,” another added.
The PlayStation Network has 110 million registered monthly users and more than 103 million active users.
The outage comes as the school holidays start across Australia, with students in every state and territory except Queensland taking a break from their studies.