It’s been a frustrating Wednesday for gamers worldwide who’ve been met with connection problems to the PlayStation Network.
UPDATE: As of 18:06, users reported having access to the network.
Is the PlayStation Network down?
Console owners rushed to social media and forums to find out if connection problems experienced on Wednesday morning were not isolated incidents. As it turns out, while gamers were able to log into their respective profiles and see their full inventory, they reported not being able to launch games.
Is the PlayStation Network down? #PSN #PlayStation
— Stephen Craig (@Intent92) December 15, 2021
Playstation network always go down soon as I hop on
— Dame (@dolo_dame) December 15, 2021
Speculation around the outage was further strengthened by a recent report from Down Detector. According to the software tracker, “user reports indicate problems at PlayStation Network.”
Based on Down Detector chart data on PSN’s activity in the past 24 hours, it seems outage reports started around 17:22 on Wednesday , 66% of which were server connection errors.
PlayStation has made no public statements about the reported outage, at this time.
In situations like this, users are generally encouraged to clear cache and restart their consoles.
Here are more reactions from gamers who’ve had trouble logging into the PlayStation Network:
“PlayStation network is currently undergoing maintenance” pic.twitter.com/Rpih0pzRv2
— Jay (@swavyjeff) December 15, 2021
Anyone else not able to connect to #PlayStation network. My internet is fine, so not sure what’s up! @Sony @PlayStation
— NatesPapa (@natespapa09) December 15, 2021
I was winning in apex with the boys but the PlayStation Network is under maintenance pic.twitter.com/ntFLEYTB52
— Trench Kid ياسر🦅 (@Hunchoyas) December 15, 2021
