Several Playstation Network services went down overnight and are preventing PS4 and PS5 players from playing online.
A huge outage of the Playstation Network servers occurred during the night of Monday September 30 to Tuesday October 1. This outage purely and simply prevents players from accessing Sony’s games and online services and still does not appear to have been fixed at the time of writing.
The PSN outage is not only in Europe since all the countries where the service is available seem to be impacted. Players can still enjoy their games offline, especially for the few titles that can be played solo and with no connection required. However, games that require a constant connection to work cannot be launched. This could include competitive games like Valorant or Call of Duty Warzone if you want to compete against other players online.
When will the Playstation Network outage end?
The Playstation Network has been down for several hours now. The servers seem to be out of order since around 2-3 a.m. on Tuesday October 1st. At this time, Playstation and Sony have not made any specific announcements in relation to the PSN outage. The network’s official website, however, allows you to check which services are out of order and which are still available.
Unsurprisingly, the majority of Playstation Network services are down. Only Playstation Direct, which allows you to buy games and consoles online, seems spared. We now hope that other services will be restored during the day, and we will be sure to keep you informed.
What caused the Playstation Network outage?
With no announcement made on the subject from Sony, it is still difficult to understand where the Playstation Network outage comes from.
In the United States, however, players seem to be affected by another major outage which poses a problem with the shutdown of the internet service provider Verizon. This therefore prevents multiple American players from connecting, not only to the Playstation Network, but also to the internet overall.
In France, our internet operator services seem to work well. The fault must therefore be on the side of the Playstation servers.
Latest updates
10:49 – What games are unavailable during the PSN outage?
The majority of games that require an online connection are now impossible to launch unless they offer a single-player, no-connection-required experience. Purely solo titles like “Astro Bot” or “God of War” can therefore be launched, but do not plan to play competitive games like online like “Valuing” until the PSN outage is resolved.
10:20 – The Playstation Network has been down since last night
Bad surprise for those who wanted to take advantage of the day to play online on their PS4 or PS5! The Playstation Network servers are currently offline. This simply prevents you from doing updates, consulting the PS Store or simply playing online!
