PlayStation Network back online after problems
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A PlayStation Network outage which left some gamers unable to play digital games for hours has been fixed.
Thousands of users experienced problems accessing the PlayStation Network (PSN) on Friday 24 July.
The PSN website had said users were likely to experience problems trying to sign in, manage their accounts, stream games and use the online store.
By Friday evening, though, all affected services were up and running, according to Sony's status page.
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This is what the Playstation service status website looked like at 1730 on Friday evening
Reports of problems emerged on the tracking website Downdetector in the early afternoon, with thousands reporting connectivity issues.
Info on the network's service website said it was working to resolve issues "as soon as possible".
In February 2025 Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) went down leaving thousands of people struggling to access their games.
On that occasion, the network was down for over 24 hours.
PlayStation later apologised for the disruption saying the network had "fully recovered".
