Update: All fine again now. Hurrah!
If you’re wondering then yes currently the PlayStation Network is suffering from issues which are affecting the online multiplayer as well as other online apps and functions. The issue has been ongoing for a few hours now, and we don’t know when it’ll be back up but we’ll keep you posted on the status when we know more.
Affected Platforms:PS3™ , PS4™Affected Services:You may have some difficulty launching games, applications or online features. Our engineers are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and we thank you for your patience.
Source: PlayStation.com
ron_mcphatty
Fingers crossed it’s nothing. On the plus side they didn’t mention the Vita so it must be working fine, Killzone Mercenary time, yay!
Sad Panda
Kid in bed early, set up my PS4 in the kitchen to avoid the soaps and…
Gutted, at least Netflix worked.
Avenger
For reasons unknown, Rocket League is borked from top to bottom, can’t even do training. GT Sport is bricked as per.
It’s come at the perfect time, between this and Xbox, I can’t play a frigging thing. The impeccable Hellblade calls, but I just want to chill out in some multiplayer. Bah.
MrYd
For reasons unknown? I think it might be because the PSN is having issues. I read that on the internet somewhere ;)
It seems to be an issue with fetching your details (and list of friends?). You can sync trophies, use communities, the store works, but it can’t find profiles and friends. Which is where any game that needs that information falls over.
Maybe they’ve broken it doing something in preparation for the 5.50 beta? Maybe changing PSN IDs is coming?
Avenger
Last time I checked solo play and training shouldn’t require Internet. It was truly borked.
Now you mention it though, I read somewhere that PSN was down :/
I guess they didn’t have enough yoghurt pots…
ron_mcphatty
I was playing with mates offline on Saturday night, it worked perfectly, maybe being on the internet but not properly connected to the PSN is doing the borking?
Avenger
Good point, I never thought of cutting the connection, thanks Ron!
MrYd
Obviously some games, like Rocket League, handle network issues badly. You should be able to play offline. If it tries to do stuff with the PSN, and it fails, then the game should handle that properly. Not just throw up an error and stop.
Some games, like GT Sport, rely on the PSN even for the single player parts. Which everyone agreed was a stupid decision. Even the developers, who decided you can play offline, but stupidly can’t save.
And some games were rumoured to be working fine, except for playing with friends. Obviously handling the PSN issues properly in those cases.
So blame the game developers for not handling things properly when 1 bit of the PSN isn’t behaving.
And when was the last time the PSN went wrong anyway? For any length of time? Given the number of people using it, and the amount of traffic it’s probably using, it’s remarkably stable. I’ve had more issues with Facebook recently. (It wouldn’t work at all on my phone for a couple of days. Of course, that had to be when, for the first time in ages, I tried to post a picture of me dressed as a wizzard. Yes, with 2 Zs)
Avenger
Insecure much?
MrYd
For pointing out some facts? Of course.
There were people on the bottom half of the internet last night demanding compensation from Sony. Because one bit of the PSN wasn’t working, and some games couldn’t cope with that.
Maybe Sony could improve their network. Would you rather pay £50 a year for PS+ and have it working 99.9% of the time? Or £100 a year and it works 99.99% of the time?
Or maybe Sony could improve whatever testing they do for games before putting them on the store. Currently, it seems that “Game launches. PS4 unlikely to explode as a result” is all they test for. Should they add “fails gracefully if the PSN is down”?
Anyway, it’s back up and running, so it shouldn’t be a problem for another year or 2 at least.
Stefan L
All the major online services are pretty solid these days. It took a few years after PS+, but PSN is pretty mature now and nowhere near as prone to downtime as it once was.
JR.
So how long was it actually down for then? I fell asleep and missed it.
MrYd
It was back up sometime around 10 or 11PM. So maybe 4 or 5 hours? If that happened every month (which is unlikely), that’d still mean it was working 99% of the time. Which is pretty good, really.
JR.
That’s outrageous. I’m taking my Pro back for a refund :D
MrYd
I’ve already demanded Sony refund the 29p of PS+ they owe me. I’ve written an old-fashioned angry letter. In green pen. With lots of swearing. I used the word “disgusted” 14 times too, which should help.