I knew this would happen. Now is the time for Microsoft strike back and send Sony back to only making TVs.

I really think PlayStation should fire more people, cause obviously these guys don't do their job.

Hope they didn’t get hacked again. They say it’s maintenance, but you usually give customers prior notice for a scheduled maintenance session.

Working fine for me here.

Where will I buy shovelware garbage now :'(

Oh I’m pissed. I was all set for the Hunter Wilds Beta… had to dust off the Xbox and do it on there.

Thank God for physical media. Amiright

I claim it's safe to say that's it's no maintenance reason as usual behind.

Maintenance on a Friday? I don't think so.

ANOTHER REASON DIGITAL ONLY SUCKS.

I have a sizable game collection that includes a lot hefty download files and takes a lot of time if you want to ever play a game rather than have it on tap. So, I actually have 3 PlayStation 4 consoles and PlayStation treats me like a criminal for my troubles. Why do I have 3 PS4 consoles? Because of the size of games and also functionality. My 1st Gen PS4 is for disc-based games, which is getting smaller because now I have digital backups and keep my games sealed. But, I also have a PS4 Slim which houses all my base PS4 games and VR. My PSVR hooks up to the slim for VR gaming as well. My PS4 Slim has an internal 2TB SSD and 4TB external mechanical HDD and both are beyond full. Then I have PS4 Pro that has a similar setup and is also full. My PS4 Pro has games on it that are optimized for PS4 (benefits that come from the PS Pro). Because size is so limited, this is what I have and when the Internet goes out or PSN goes down, I can't play any of my games. If I'm playing games on one room of the house on a PS4, and someone in the house wants to play on a separate PS4 at the same time, we get locked out. I pay for games, in my own house, and I'm treated like a thief. I have digital I buy and when physical media goes on sale at a low price, I then have my physical media, which remains sealed and turns into a savings account as well as throughout my gaming life, I've learned a lot about the value of games over time. The older they get, the more valuable they become.

So, yeah, I'm locked out. Can't play anything so I go to PS3 or Xbox or other consoles. What a croc

7:35a.m. ET. Were still down on the east coast Time to fire up the old Sega Genesis

its touch amd go for me.

it either works rly well or not at all ha

So I'm guessing if you paid premium dollars for that PS5 Pro bad boy, it is now a brick. This outage may be a good thing for gamers as it reminds everyone of the consequences of an all digital console that Sony is desperate for consumers to embrace.

This is the last thing sony needs right now with all that's going on.

Be honest, your PS5 is sitting in the corner collecting dust

Yep it's down, can't play Poe2, this some bs.

Mine is back... Europe

Does this ever happen to Xbox?

Serious question?

Hacked?

Mine is back . The Netherlands

GT7 is unplayable! Cannot connect to servers…wtf

On a positive note, played NBA2K and there are no annoying pop ups trying to get you to buy virtual currency, there’s your silver lining, no slimy micro transactions, ahh, liked going back to simpler times. Remember cartridges? Lol

Still down I'm in UK single player VR works ok

Thank goodness I buy mostly physical. Didn't really affect me much at all

2:45p.m. ET. Still down on the east coast. This is a bad one.

My physical games work perfectly fine. Physical now and forever.

Working for me so far, see many other people online as well on my friend list,
CA.

Mines back was down from 9.30pm last night

So glad I never associated a CC with them online.

I was unaffected by this because I know how to properly set up my PS5 as primary so that I don't need to be online just to use digitally purchased games. I feel bad for those with multiple PlayStation systems and since I don't have a Portal yet, I'm still not sure if access to PSN is really required after initial setup just to use a $200 remote peripheral, but I feel bad for those impacted by that as well and will just have to take everyone's word for it that Portal requires PSN.

In any case I'm vindicated again for buying physical games wherever possible. Yes, I might not be impacted because I only have one PS5 system that is cleared for true offline play, but all disc-based games I own are clear for offline play.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau