Resolved a PlayStation Network outage that left some players unable to play digital games for hours. According to Down Detector, which tracks outages, tens of thousands of people reported problems around the world., external with the Friday service. The outage, which affected players’ ability to launch games, apps or networking functions on their PlayStation, led
Resolved a PlayStation Network outage that left some players unable to play digital games for hours.
According to Down Detector, which tracks outages, tens of thousands of people reported problems around the world., external with the Friday service.
The outage, which affected players’ ability to launch games, apps or networking functions on their PlayStation, led some to highlight concerns about Sony’s plans to no longer release PlayStation games on discs from January 2028.
As of Friday evening, all affected services were up and running, according to Sony’s status page., external.
The BBC has contacted PlayStation for comment.
“I can’t play digital games until you fix it. However, I can put my drive in and play. The all-digital future looks fantastic,” reads one comment on X., external earlier on Friday.
Sony said in a blog post earlier this month., external that new games could still be purchased in stores, but would come with a digital code.
The issues started appearing around the same time as an alert from Amazon Web Services that some servers were facing issues, which was resolved earlier., external
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