Sony's PlayStation Network Online Service has been down for almost a day

At the time of writing, Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) has been down and unavailable to all users worldwide for nearly 24 hours.

According to Sony’s own official PSN Status tracker, all services are experiencing issues.

Account management, gaming and social, as well as PSN Video, Store, and Direct are affected by the outage.

Players on Sony PlayStation platforms and the web began experiencing connection issues with the service around 3pm PST/ 6pm EST on Friday, February 7.

On social media, PlayStation accounts are clarifying that they are aware of the issues, reassuring users that services will return as quickly as they can.

You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

The social media posts link to the official PSN status tracker, where users can find further expandable details on each service and its status.

No official details or elaboration on the origin of the service interruption have been provided so far, leading to users worldwide replying to PlayStation’s social media posts with questions and memes about the outage.

The coincidental timing of the outage, fully confirmed to be occurring on Friday evening when large quantities of people come home from work to spend time gaming, led to higher amounts of users sharing their frustrations or humorously coping with the situation through collective discussion.

For now, the issues seem to be limited to the PlayStation Network. Valve’s Steam, Nintendo Switch Online, and Xbox Network (formerly XboxLive) appear to be unaffected.

This Outage Pales In Comparison To The Largest Service Interruption That PSN Has Ever Experienced Since It First Came Online

Owing to a security intrusion, in that instance, PSN was down for 23 days total. Sony also reported that, unfortunately, user data had been acquired during the security breach.

PlayStation offered a now-famous “Welcome Back” pack including 30 free days of PSN for new users and 60 for existing users that were affected by the service interruption. Two free PlayStation 3 games and two free PlayStation Portable games further sweetened the deal, as users had to subscribe to PSN before a given date to claim the pack.

Check out PlayStation’s Social Media updates as well as the link to the PSN status page below.

With any luck, PSN services will be back online before too long.