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Sony PlayStation gamers faced a major outage earlier this week and the company has finally come forward with an official response.
The 24-hour long outage meant people could not enjoy their Friday night
Sony says sorry for the major PlayStation Network outage which meant millions of PS gamers were unable to access their online games and other features. Having this down time on weekends makes the situation worse, as many of you might have waited long to catch up on their gaming sessions.
But a 24-hour outage is really long, so it is understandable that Sony is apologising for the issue. The company has publicly admitted to the issue and apologised for the inconvenience caused to people in many countries in the last few days. The Downdetector platform is brimming with outage reports and most of them are linked to the Sony PS server and the online store.
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Network services have fully recovered from an operational issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience. All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service.— Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) February 9, 2025
The company has not shared the actual reason for the major down time but Sony realises it needs to keep the gamers happy and for that it is offering them something that will help them feel better. The outage was big enough to stop people from playing on their PS 4 and PS 5 consoles, making the start to the weekend rather unpleasant. Most people in the US had reported the outage while hundreds of them originated from India earlier this week.
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