Sony Issues Statement as PSN Slowly Returns Online
Sony yesterday issued a statement via the American PlayStation Blog regarding the problems that the PlayStation Network had been experiencing. Over the past 48-hours the network has been out of access after it was believed the network had been hacked.
"The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay. Multiple networks, including PSN, have been affected over the last 48 hours. PSN engineers are working hard to restore full network access and online gameplay as quickly as possible.
From time to time there may be disruptions in service due to surges in traffic, but our engineers will be working to restore service as quickly as possible.
If you received a PlayStation console over the holidays and have been unable to log onto the network, know that this problem is temporary and is not caused by your game console. We’ll continue to keep you posted on Twitter at @AskPlayStation and we’ll update this post once the problems subside.
Thanks again for your patience."
According to PlayStation Support page, the PSN is up and active for PS3, PS4 and Vita users albeit with intermittent access. We're having mixed success here at GameGrin with users both getting onto the PSN and still being refused access.
COMMENTS
Acelister - 07:42pm, 28th December 2014
I'm just glad I wasn't trying to use Amazon Instant Video whilst it was down.
domdange - 11:33am, 29th December 2014 Author
...and here's me still fail to connect to the server
domdange - 01:00pm, 29th December 2014 Author
@[537776659:Andrew Acelister Duncan] Yeah, that seems to work fine, can log in and out no problems... It's always been temperamental where I am though
Acelister - 04:39pm, 29th December 2014
@[539584607:Dom D'Angelillo] Is it PS4? Because Sony suggests turning it off and on again. https://twitter.com/AskPlayStation/status/549331917771132928
domdange - 06:37pm, 29th December 2014 Author
@[537776659:Andrew Acelister Duncan] Yeah, PS4, haven't tried my Vita in all fairness. Classic IT support help there from Sony... I'll make sure it's actually plugged in too!
Acelister - 06:47pm, 29th December 2014
@[539584607:Dom D'Angelillo] Way to skip a step! Jeeze, it's like you don't care about the script!