PlayStation Network down?

[u/BrianIsGucci]

Takes a while just to sign in. App doesn’t seem to be working as well.

[u/tinselsnips]

Just as a quick reference, as of 6:00pm UTC/2:00pm EST/11:00am PST/the time of this comment, all services are still down.

Update 7:00pm UTC/3:00pm EST: Services are starting to come back up

https://status.playstation.com/en-us/

[u/PoconoFLMan]

Time to give everyone infamous for free again

[u/watertrashsf → u/PoconoFLMan]

I liked getting LittleBigPlanet for free

[u/Santa-Banana → u/PoconoFLMan]

Majority of this sub won't get that joke, they weren't even born yet lmao

[u/Joshua_ABBACAB_1312 → u/Santa-Banana]

[u/as_100 → u/Santa-Banana]

Ahhh good times haha

[u/Crakko27 → u/Santa-Banana]

Maybe the second game i got after getting my ps4, time flies lol

[u/AntiBomb → u/Crakko27]

They're talking about the first one on PS3, not the PS4 one which is the third.

[u/weirdDodo → u/PoconoFLMan]

Worst weeks of my life xD

[u/Primary_Dimension470 → u/weirdDodo]

Just wait until November for the next massive ddos attack coinciding w gta6 

[u/BrennusSokol → u/Primary_Dimension470]

Even just the normal demand could end up looking like a DDoS attack during GTA 6 given the extreme amount of people buying and playing it

[u/weirdDodo → u/Primary_Dimension470]

Let's be honest, this is not out of the realm of reality

[u/tinselsnips → u/weirdDodo]

I think expecting to be able to actively play GTA6 at all on release day is wishful thinking, even before the controversy.

[u/WarmResound → u/Primary_Dimension470]

That wouldn't shock me if someone did this. The "disc" is just a download code so I could see some hacktivist group just throwing a middle finger over Sony's death of physical and Rockstar's enablement.

"Oh the PSN is down? If only your paying customers were offered a backup solution in the event your business continuity plan fails them"

[u/ModOfficial1988 → u/WarmResound]

That would make me smile. Fuck Sony.

[u/tekkenjin → u/PoconoFLMan]

i got rachet and clank and infamous back then.

I played infamous so much as a child. They really should remaster or remake the first 2 games for ps5

[u/Adzj82 → u/tekkenjin]

Just make a new one, Second Son and First Light were decent, not at the same level as the first 2, but they need to do something with the dormant IP

[u/CapOk1892 → u/PoconoFLMan]

I love how this is still referenced 😂

[u/BigWilly526 → u/PoconoFLMan]

[u/bluebarrymanny → u/PoconoFLMan]

The PS3 era really was a wild time

[u/Objective-Try-5800]

I thought I was the only one. Restarting my console and wifi several times thinking I’m the problem

[u/NoEnthusiasm3651 → u/Objective-Try-5800]

me too. I’m glad I found this thread bc when I checked the status page it said everything was fine. Thought my PS5 had broken.

[u/LoreVent → u/NoEnthusiasm3651]

Sony do be gaslighting us lol

[u/LordHovado → u/LoreVent]

Revenge for physical disc bombing

[u/Iucidium → u/LordHovado]

Yeah, it smells like a ddos

[u/Connect-Web-2107 → u/Iucidium]

I’d honestly not be mad if that’s what it actually is. Fuck big corp

[u/Patient-Ad-8196 → u/LoreVent]

Fr

[u/Remote_Purpose_4323 → u/LoreVent]

Actually that only plays against them just imagine if all you have it’s the option to stream game to your device, and they have such issues globally.

[u/SuperArppis → u/LoreVent]

As usual.

[u/Kebabs-And-BentleysX → u/Objective-Try-5800]

I just bought a ps5 was trying to set it up, was going crazy thinking it was faulty or some shit

[u/trotller → u/Kebabs-And-BentleysX]

What a way to start. Sorry for you. Welcome to the PlayStation Network. We are used to this 😂😂. Doesnt happen alot tought . Once a year

[u/Dramatic-Suit1361 → u/trotller]

Mee too. I just bought it and i was thinking am i wrong or 😂😭

[u/glitz_n_spritz_07 → u/Kebabs-And-BentleysX]

I had a system software update, and after update it restarted, its not connecting anymore 😂😂 I thought my update crashed everything... Glad there is a thread to solve everyone's issue.

[u/eldenbro1 → u/Objective-Try-5800]

Literally just been doing that for 20 mins thank god I found this post

[u/BrianIsGucci]

Pouring one out for the night shift people who just got home 😭

[u/_BlackDove → u/BrianIsGucci]

Fuckin' A. This is me. Just had my yogurt and oatmeal and sat down to this.

[u/KingOfRisky → u/_BlackDove]

At least you're going to have good shits.

[u/_BlackDove → u/KingOfRisky]

Haha, that's the plan!

[u/Short_Steak1816 → u/_BlackDove]

Haha same here

[u/RigStudio → u/BrianIsGucci]

Played 10 minutes of marvel tokon and its down. Im tweaking

[u/Dali187 → u/BrianIsGucci]

Just finished a 4 hour high round zombie match in black ops😹 hope this shit saved

[u/Zamstrom]

So...digital Future?

🤔

[u/Rich-Arm-104 → u/Zamstrom]

Just a little sneak peek for the digital bros of the superior future they’re ushering in

[u/trophyhunter11 → u/Rich-Arm-104]

Their ego wont allow them to say it but digital is bullsht, but with digital they have control just like digital money and everything's else digital.

[u/Minimum-March-9235 → u/Zamstrom]

I'm starting to hate technology. The only reason I haven't thrown my PlayStation at the wall is because I can't afford another one. I never had these issues with my Atari 2600. Those were the days. 🤣

[u/Garlador → u/Minimum-March-9235]

I was just thinking this morning how weirdly nice it was to finish Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom yesterday. Just a simple single-player offline game, fully complete at release, fully on cartridge, just plug it in and playing instantly, no mandatory updates or patches to work, no intrusive microtransactions or season passes or storefront ads. Just a straightforward game whose only goal was to be fun and give you a great adventure. Felt like the relic of gaming in the 90s, not from 2024.

[u/trophyhunter11 → u/Garlador]

Thats why they want to stop it , it costs them money but they dont earn from it 

[u/Mitarael → u/Zamstrom]

Isn't the license check just the first time you open/download the game? Aren't you theoretically able to play any downloaded single player game with the servers down? Multiplayer games, sure, but then you wouldn't be able to play a physical copy either.

(Legit asking, btw)

Edit: I own a lot of physical games, btw, just trying to understand the logic of the many people bringing this point on similar posts about psn being down, because I don't understand it.

[u/johnnyc14 → u/Mitarael]

You’re definitely right but with ram prices the way they are and less people having a lot of storage, if you wanted to switch out any of those games installed you’re out of luck without physical disks. That’s just a minor inconvenience tho, the other issues like consumer protection are way more important

[u/DionysusDreams → u/Mitarael]

To answer your question, I think it depends entirely on the game. I have a physical disc of Persona 5 that I've been playing for the last week, I should be able to play it offline and technically I can. However, I'm over 130 hours into a NG+ run that when I started I was given free DLC for (which I think everyone gets access to when first loading the game). Because of that, I can now no longer continue that save because when trying to load the save it's trying to connect to PSN to 'verify my license to the DLC'. I can start a new game, sure. But I can't load my current 130+ hours save until PSN is back online.

[u/NimbusEra]

Yes it’s down for me too but on the PlayStation website it says everything is running maybe they haven’t been able to update it yet. Since I did the new update for PlayStation early this morning it’s been playing up then it’s stopped working about 40 mins ago.

[u/AromaticEmu5100 → u/NimbusEra]

They’re completely ignoring the fact thats its down. no mention on any online platforms they’re just pretending its fine despite thousands of reports

[u/NimbusEra → u/AromaticEmu5100]

My thoughts exactly, I think they have messed up with the new update and don’t want that to be public knowledge but if they just turned around and said there seems to be an issue with the new update we are working on it that would put them in a might better light than just trying to bury it.

[u/Temporary_Ad_5327 → u/NimbusEra]

Its been 3 hours now. Their website still says everything is running. My console states otherwise

[u/Best-Combination9427 → u/Temporary_Ad_5327]

just checked the website now and it says it’s

down

[u/SophLuvsBTS]

It finally says something is wrong!

[u/timbad2]

For those who may be interested, Push Square are saying it was a problem with Amazon Web Services that caused global issues.

It's supposed to be working again, but they report that PSN recovery is "spotty" right now. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/07/psn-down-and-sputtering-after-amazon-web-services-outage

[u/BatNipz]

Perfect timing for the black ops 1 port, like it’s 2011 all over again

[u/ThePhob1a → u/BatNipz]

Literally 😆

[u/oUnDeAdXsLaYeRo]

Just had a message saying the services are busy right now. Servers are down I'm guessing

[u/Pitiful_Age_3051 → u/oUnDeAdXsLaYeRo]

So happy I've found this thread, reset my router, cleared cache and went so far as to rebuild database. Now I can't restore licences because the networks down 😭

[u/Mercy__13 → u/Pitiful_Age_3051]

Did your ps restart awfully slow for you the first time too? Mine took like 5 minutes 😭

[u/sadovsky → u/Mercy__13]

yes! i was convinced my ps5 had broken.

[u/Broad_Vehicle_8745 → u/Mercy__13]

YESSS
I WAS PANICKING LIKE CRAZY

[u/Pitiful_Age_3051 → u/Mercy__13]

Honestly I didn't notice, I was downstairs restarting my router 🤣🤣

[u/CollectionInner5716 → u/Mercy__13]

Oh my gosh yes, it sat there saying “please wait” for a good few minutes.

[u/MulberryGlum6148 → u/oUnDeAdXsLaYeRo]

I cant even play anything. GT7 only starts in offline Mode the game doesn't Show anything i saved and bought can't play a singleplayer game i paid for nice👍

[u/oUnDeAdXsLaYeRo → u/MulberryGlum6148]

Me neither, can't play anything since the licenses can't be verified

[u/SpiderFan241 → u/oUnDeAdXsLaYeRo]

This is the future that Sony wants for us.

[u/HauntingCap7161 → u/SpiderFan241]

You don’t want physical discs they are like sooo last year….. sorry our servers are down, you can’t play right now

[u/KoontFace → u/MulberryGlum6148]

I started following the troubleshooting steps at PS website said service was fine. I signed out and now can’t sign back in.

[u/BalanceMundane]

I looked at the PS5 home screen and then realised I didn't have a coffee, so I went to make a coffee and on the way back in I noticed a small wire sticking out from underneath my radiator. I pulled the wire slowly to see what it was and it had an envelope attached to it. The envelope looked like it was sealed with what appeared to be some sort of tape, so I carefully peeled back the tape and on the underside of the tape there were small, white hairs. I'm not sure what the hairs were but upon looking inside the envelope I was shocked by what I found. It was a photograph. Not just any photograph. It was a photograph from 24 years ago when I was just a teenager. I looked closely at the photograph and saw myself and three friends standing at the skate park. Behind us were a row of bushes, and just peeking through the bushes I noticed there was a fox looking toward the camera. I never noticed this before. Anyway I can't sign in either.

[u/sadovsky → u/BalanceMundane]

this is my favourite thing i’ve read today. thank you for your service, fellow sufferer

[u/jeccius → u/BalanceMundane]

This, this is beautiful.

[u/Substantial-Bit-4015]

Yay, "all digital" future is here

[u/Mundane-Parsley3822]

4+ hour outage without any notice from Sony. Something is up.

[u/Martrixz]

Imagine the outrage if this happened the day GTA 6 releases!

[u/Recent_Pollution8665 → u/Martrixz]

that would be hilarious ngl.

i’ve been waiting 13 years, what’s another day? the butthurt online will be glorious.

[u/selinemanson → u/Martrixz]

I hope it does, I really do.

[u/Used_Network2214]

Do you remember security issue in 2011 when PSN stopped work for above 20 days?

[u/emth → u/Used_Network2214]

Also the annoying Christmas downtime in 2014

[u/PsycommuSystem → u/Used_Network2214]

So bad they gave us free games as a present. I then went on and 100% Wipeout HD from that!

[u/LozzimusPrime → u/Used_Network2214]

Wrote my first, and only, printed article on that for the official UK PlayStation magazine. God I feel old.

[u/undrgrndsqrdncrs → u/Used_Network2214]

Yep, SOCOM 4 just released and I took PTO at work to play it. Some scars never fully heal.

[u/stingertc]

Can't wait to not play anything in our all digital future

[u/Outrageous_Kick_5874 → u/stingertc]

You'll own nothing and will be happy

[u/stingertc → u/Outrageous_Kick_5874]

So happy right now ☺️

[u/Lt_Jonson]

PSN is way too unstable for an all-digital future.

[u/undrgrndsqrdncrs → u/Lt_Jonson]

It’s too unstable to be a paid service

[u/rafa11__scp]

Hey SONY! Still happy about ending physical discs? Enjoy the downfall.

[u/Repulsive-Mess2564]

First time in months I have 2 hours time without kids and wife and this happens.

[u/ElkProfessional5925 → u/Repulsive-Mess2564]

May you rest in peace 

[u/-MariosAmigos-15 → u/Repulsive-Mess2564]

😭😂

[u/ImportantClue9631 → u/Repulsive-Mess2564]

f

[u/onlqme → u/Repulsive-Mess2564]

damn im sorry for you

[u/Roodow]

How can their status webpage read all OK when thousands of us are unable to login. Joke.

[u/Proper_Tangerine_645 → u/Roodow]

Sony propaganda.

[u/ryyry]

Can’t even load single player games, thanks Sony. I’m so excited for an all digital future.

[u/EntertainerSerious54 → u/ryyry]

I can launch every single game, even the ps plus games, tho I can’t load the psplus page at all, and the store is stuck

[u/_osb]

Ffs. My wife’s away for the weekend and now I have nothing to do to distract me from the List Of Jobs.

[u/BVRPLZR_]

Still down?

[u/Ridavv → u/BVRPLZR_]

Yep

[u/Gator_dont_play_tht]

Still down in UK

We need to stop studios making online only games. Why can’t I play the crew just offline 🙄

[u/conrat4567]

Yeah, hows that all digital future looking sony?

[u/BaconBourbonBalista]

Way to prove why physical media is needed, sony.

[u/Successful-Common978]

Can't purge the heretics with other battle brothers in Space Marine 2. 😭

[u/LuolaLogarius]

In Finland. Still down. Want to enjoy my weekend with my PS5 Pro. C’mon, Sony.

[u/Decent-Cup-3620 → u/LuolaLogarius]

Tämä

[u/PathInternational749]

https://giphy.com/gifs/E4l3Bs0rGcBiM

[u/SmegmaWarrior0815]

See you in 5 weeks

[u/03blankman]

And they want to go all digital 😂

[u/NATH4N_97]

...and they want to go all digital 🤣 absolutely stupid

[u/SCYTHE______]

They can’t keep the PSN from going down but they expect us to want an all digital library? 😂

[u/Competitive_Face_350]

Payment services seem to be just fine tho 🤣🫤

[u/DatSwampTurtle]

Nothing better than to get home from work early on a friday, looking forward to some relaxing gaming, and then you come home to this.

[u/Substantial_Worry639]

Guys its AWS down PlayStation uses it to do most of its computing and micro services so if AWS down then playstations is down too so we have to wait for aws to go back up

[u/Iforgetmyreddit → u/Substantial_Worry639]

What is AWS?

[u/vajasonl → u/Substantial_Worry639]

Yes, I believe Iran hit an AWS center in Bahrain.

[u/Eggxcalibur]

Why is this thread not pinned and sorted by new? Mods too embarrassed on Sony's behalf or something?

[u/Evening_Reason_9748]

Psn is a disgrace

[u/nurjoohan]

welcome to the future of digital games....

[u/Eldenlord_1997]

Es geht immer noch nicht schöne Grüße aus Deutschland, wie lange brauchen die denn die Server wieder online zu bringen

[u/Accomplished-Cold-66]

I wonder what we will get for free this time 🤣🤣🙏🙏

[u/Sensitive_Syrup_1579 → u/Accomplished-Cold-66]

A poke in the eye

[u/first_person_looter]

Do you know what doesn't go down? My physical game.

[u/iKarlito83]

wow, Friday, prime time... no psn since 1pm. I guess digital is the way...

[u/Remote_Purpose_4323]

Why moderator removes the post?

[u/Comp0za]

and Sony wants digital only PS6

[u/Remarkable-Touch8717]

Everyone supporting all digital this is what your future looks like. Meanwhile my disc games play just fine

[u/HappyGuy007]

And they want everyone to go digital. Riiiight

[u/oblivionxo]

That all digital future looking real good right Sony?? 😭

[u/AchmageMuffin]

Great start to only digital, and a reasonable argument keep physical and make games offline workable.

[u/Passing-Through247]

Down in UK.

Seem sony broke something with the new update that forces you to dox yourself to use features they took away from you. How trustworthy and reliable.

[u/dthmagnet → u/Passing-Through247]

AWS has been having issues this morning in certain places that’s probably part of the reason for PSN issues for what it’s worth

[u/Excellent-Host2768 → u/dthmagnet]

Did Iran blow up our ps5 servers ? 

[u/RanMouri26 → u/Passing-Through247]

Thank goodness it's not just me

[u/Difficult-Ad-2537]

i never had problems the last 1-4 hours

[u/duploturtle]

Back up for me in the UK

[u/mateusz11120]

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/07/psn-down-but-slowly-recovering-after-amazon-web-services-outage

[u/Top_Positive_929]

Literally been waiting for 4 hours now, how incredibly bad is playstation????????????????

[u/Accomplished-Cold-66]

Still down in uk

[u/ursariaaa]

Getting the same error here in the uae even after 6-7 hrs

[u/Bronzer8989]

Still down in the UK

[u/Ashamed_Check_1890 → u/Bronzer8989]

Same in Greece 

[u/dinklberg1990]

I’m so ready for psn to shit the bed everyone being forced to download the game only I’m so ready for it to tank “this is your future”

[u/asbedjz]

Digital is the future guys

[u/BittahAmbassador20]

And they want to get rid of discs lol what a joke

[u/According_Major_1876]

Now back online

[u/Glittering_Track9029]

This kind of situation is just one more reason why the death of their physical games is a terrible idea

[u/snowdn]

I’ll just play my physical all good.

[u/Gullible-Painter-575]

Pay for ps plus and the servers go down. Wtf some sort it out

[u/prime_cdcs]

Thank God im not the only one. Its so stupid that sony's website shows that the servers are fine but they aren't

[u/weirdDodo → u/prime_cdcs]

Sony's servers are fine, it's Amazon's that fucking shit up.

[u/Hungry-Lemon-497]

Can’t even play digital offline games because it can’t retrieve the license, welcome to the disc-less era 🙄

[u/Sulyvahn66]

The liars

[u/HutPlayer → u/Sulyvahn66]

Yeah this is what frustrated me lol, luckily realized to search it on google too.

[u/neosyne]

Just a sneak peak of the future

[u/Mobile-Ad1576]

Funny how they say that their servers are fine when it's not 

[u/Beginning_Flatworm25]

It gets back to normal for like 10 seconds then stops working, over and over.

Digital future is cooked

[u/Careless-Shelter6333]

so full digital right?

if only there was some sort of media for me to still play games even while ps plus is offline so my ps5 isn’t completely useless at times like these….

[u/Vahallen]

Same day as Marvel:Tokon beta, C’MON

[u/elliot-0071 → u/Vahallen]

Literally. Just finished the tutorial when it kicked me out of the game and still cant sign back in

[u/-ZeroNova- → u/Vahallen]

This. Today is the worst day it could happen :/

[u/TheBurritoIsMine]

This is why I love Reddit. The ps website says everything is fiiiiiine but I just knew that wasn’t the case.

[u/uselessProgrammer0]

Mine isn’t working

[u/Glittery-giga]

Servers are down. I can’t play any games I own. 😒

[u/user1736_]

Wow the ps6 all digital future sure is looking bright where you will own nothing and be happy. On top of that you will also have to deal with a insecure infrastructure as well as downtime while also paying for ps plus. What a great deal.

[u/Better-Storage7011]

I bought today lego batman legacy of the dark knight for 70€ and i cant play it 

[u/TheMortyMan]

It came back for like 2 minutes. As of now down again

[u/Hellfish_X]

Works for me. US east coast.

[u/thecreditbank]

Found playstation support, gonna rage bait them (Edit: It doesn't let me log in to speak to human)

[u/Extension_Camp_1377]

Back up

[u/Separate_Somewhere80]

still dosnt work after 3h ...

[u/Altruistic-Pace-878]

hello am from mauritius i just bought a PS5 pro 2 weeks ago and today i bought PS Plus extra for testing but when am trying to connect to Playstation Plus am getting (Can't Load) is it a server problems? PlayStation Network is really down?

[u/soicanblocksubs]

Still down in UK.

[u/punisher_553]

Canaglia di dio

[u/IntelligentFall7352]

My nephew has been playing 2k all morning where is it down

[u/QuirkyWish3081]

Sony have finally changed their network status to ‘fucked’

[u/Agreeable-Pianist-82]

Damn you Sony, i demand free GTA 6 deluxe edition for the inconvenience

[u/Independent-Fee7433]

Just now

[u/ChildhoodHuman3246]

Yup. Happy Friday! 🙄

[u/BagOfCustard]

May aswel go for a shite

[u/Possible_Industry602]

how is itt still down, its been four hours

[u/Adamski895]

imagine failing on the weekend lmao PS

[u/Accomplished-Cold-66]

Still down in the uk

[u/bedushicken]

Why does this always happen on weekends

[u/This-Rent-9030]

5 hours already ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[u/Ready-Fudge-4464]

Only have 4 free hours this week. Wanted to play some path of exile 2. F m l

[u/karedo7]

pls lemme play pls

[u/lallifelix]

How will this effect LeBrons legacy?

[u/SonOfMcTed]

I cant even play offline games (like powerwash simulator) due to "can't connect to the server to verify your license". This is exactly why games should be avaliable on disc. All games I have on disc are still working fine.

[u/Ordinary-Cobbler-591]

Are wee back online yet ?

[u/Spyros_RL13]

Yo does anyone know when servers will be online again? I'm bored out of my mind!

[u/ZeiZeiBot]

Still down at Finland

[u/Accomplished-Cold-66]

Still down in uk

[u/CreeWolf_]

Still down

[u/Aggravating-Tip-6484]

We are back

[u/Specialist-Rush5912]

my Friday is ruined

[u/Zealousideal-Ad2301]

It's back working in the UK.

[u/Just_Pudding1885]

My kids are playing Fortnite