In Short:
- Sony is compensating PlayStation Plus subscribers with five extra days of service following a widespread PSN outage.
- The outage, lasting nearly a full day, affected account logins, the PlayStation Store, and game launches.
- Sony has confirmed full network recovery but has not provided further details.
What Happened?
Sony is automatically adding five extra days to PlayStation Plus subscribers’ accounts after a major PlayStation Network (PSN) outage that disrupted services over the weekend. The announcement came via the official Ask PlayStation support account on X.
“Network services have fully recovered from an operational issue,” Sony wrote. “We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience.”
The Outage’s Impact
The issues began around 6PM ET on Friday, with users experiencing difficulties logging into accounts, accessing the PlayStation Store, and launching certain games. Sony restored service just before 7PM ET on Saturday.
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Some games remained accessible during the outage. Verge journalist Jay Peters noted that while he couldn’t log into Fortnite or see his trophies, he was still able to launch his digital copy of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth without issues.
Sony has not provided specific details about the cause of the outage but has confirmed that network operations are now back to normal.
