TENS of thousands of PlayStation users have reported issues with the Sony console's network over the past day.
According to DownDetector, external the problem began just before midnight on Friday night (February 7), with more than 71,000 users reporting the outage to the site.
These issues have continued for some into Saturday (February 8) morning, with there being more than 3,000 reports at the time of writing.
On its support webpage, PlayStation said it was aware of the issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible.
Me every 5s checking if the @PlayStation servers are up on twitter pic.twitter.com/8h1yDfgpo6
— LiNDoliN🫥 (@don_ftt) February 8, 2025
While PlayStation users are able to play offline games, the outage rendered the online aspects of games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and Marvel Rivals inaccessible.
What is Downdetector?
Downdetector is an online website that allows users of popular services including X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, Virgin Media and more to report if they are having trouble with the services.
The site only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.
Describing itself on its website, Downdetector is “where people go when services don’t work.”
The website monitors disruptions to various key services including the internet, web hosting platforms, banks, social media and more.
You can see the full methodology and learn more about how Downdetector collects status information and detects problems via its website.
In short, users can get involved by submitting any issue reports on the platform.
Problem indicators are also collected from social media and other factors on the web, Downdetector explained.
These reports are then validated and analysed in real time.
An incident is then detected if the number of reports is significantly higher than the typical average for that particular service.
When a user goes to investigate the issue, they can see what the most reported problems are currently and check if their areas are in one of the outage hotspots.
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