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Update February 8 at 10:44 AM CST: There is still no update from PlayStation outside the original. Players are left wondering what exactly is going on, but at least the memes are fire.
The Monster Hunter community is even in on the gag with a nice Simpsons touch. Whatever is going on with the PlayStation network seems to be major, but possibly minor enough for the company to stay silent. Let's hope it's not a repeat of the famous PSN outage of old!
It seems Helldivers 2 on Windows PC, or any game that utilizes the PlayStation Network, is currently offline. A tweet from the official PlayStation Japan account details the issue:
"[Notice regarding PlayStation ™ Network outage] At this time, the PlayStation ™ Network (including PlayStation ® Store) may not be available. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers. We are currently investigating the issue and working to restore service, so please be patient."
【PlayStation™Network障害発生のご案内】ただいま、PlayStation™Network（PlayStation®Store含む）をご利用いただけない場合がございます。お客様にはご不便をおかけし大変申し訳ございません。調査及び復旧作業を行っておりますので、いましばらくお待ちいただきますようお願い申し上げます。 pic.twitter.com/gt8lz5C2fkFebruary 8, 2025
The length of its effects will range greatly, but it will most affect any game that has forced PlayStation Network integration. Something Sony recently walked back as a mandate. Any player that uses PlayStation Network to log in will need to disconnect to play.
Even people attempting to play the single-player title Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered are stuck trying to log in. From a post on Steam, "I'm stuck at the "Connecting..." screen, presumably game trying to connect to PSN network. Do you guys know any trick [on] how to get past that? Some magical command line parameter or something?"
Xbox has also had trouble launching single-player games when faced with outage issues. Thankfully, there's an offline mode that generally remedies the problem quickly, but that's not always the case. Hopefully, PlayStation and Sony will be able to work rapidly through the outage issues and bring players back online to play.
Are you currently affected by the outage? Let us know in the comments or somewhere on social media. We'll make sure to update the post as the situation continues to improve.
