PSN Offline Again, Sony Investigating Outage Issues

...And remind me again why people pay for this?

I might be mad because I was actually just about to jump into a late night co-op session, but this is absolutely beyond a joke at this point.

I was going to get the last 2 online trophies for the last of us tonight, thought it was just me until I started checking online. This sucks it's happening far too often and it makes Sony look stupid

_{please watch the language -Tasuki-}

For someone who has spent a ridiculous amount of money on digital games (my whole PS4 library is digital) this is becoming really annoying as it has locked all my games...

@Marcus9490 What do you mean? My Plus games are working fine. How are you locked out of digital games? Or do you mean playing online.

Just turned it on tonight and all my games are padlocked, says cannot connect to server to verify licence, will try disconnecting from the Internet to see if that works

Down in Texas. The day I finally re-upped my ffxiv account after a couple of months...good grief Vince Guaraldi music plays.

so glad we switched from Xbox....only not so much.

Neither xboxOne or ps4 is doing a good job with their servers. This is the last Generation of console I will buy...

Poor guys, in the middle of the Super Bowl...

@SupaColeMan I really haven't had half as much problems with xbox live tbh

@SupaColeMan lol xbox live doesn't deserve being grouped together with psn.. sadly psn is down much more.

was gonna play some cod when this look now to go happen if u wanna play cod with me add me lasaan27

Wow and everyone said it wouldnt happen again , this is an absolute joke .. I think sony need to think long and hard about whether or not they are going to be able to sustain a stable system .. I think psn should be free if they cant do it properly ..

I actually could really use another 10% off code I didn't get everything I wanted.

@SupaColeMan agreed mate considering a change back to PC now .. over forking out money for consoles xbl and psn and getting poor service ... something that is this broke maybe should be left until its fixed right

I should be upset about this but, I haven't really been playing my PS4 since I finished Dragon Age Inquisition. Been mainly playing Fire Emblem every day for the last 2 weeks at least, and now Metroid Prime Trilogy on top of that. All's I know is, come time for Resident Evil Revelations RAID mode, this network better be pristine. I don't use PSN much but that's one time I'm really gonna need Sony to come through for me.

Sorry to hear so many are being affected. I'm sure it'll be back up soon (fingers crossed)

@Tasuki really??? I didn't even swear at all though

Or is it a 'don't use the lords name in vain' type thing because I didn't realise this site was like that lol

And if it is that then you really shouldn't push your beliefs onto others

It was a better service when it was free!

@Kage_88 because we are fools and fall for it every time ..

I really think there needs to be more digging about how some digital games stop working when psn goes down. That's not a future of gaming I want. Bring back the physical world of gaming.

Im so glad i paid for a year of ps plus to only play 10 months of the year its a real shame sony well i see my money is not being spent wisely by them SMH!

_{You were asked to watch the language. -Tasuki -}

@jaknight94 same here mate im in australia ,we have our own football and I still wouldnt take a day off playing some station for a sport I dont give 2 rats about ... if this is the case sony need to completely sack everyone and re hire people who will keep it up and running for the rest of us ..

The only slight issue me and a friend had was it took a little longer to set up a multiplayer match on Driveclub. Other than that PSN has been up all night for us. Im in the UK and he lives in the US. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't of come on Push Squares site. I can see how people are upset though as Sunday is my main day for gaming before its back to the Monday grindstone as it must be for alot of others.

Oh, and you people who always refer to Xbox Live not going down, PSN has around double the traffic than that service. I do agree that Sony needs to get this issue sorted now its a paid service, but I also understand that it can't be easy when you have north of 100 million people using the service.

@Andivtr You sure have a way with words...

Ever since Comcast downgraded the internet I haven't been able to use online multiplayer as streaming video is a war as it is. For me this is no effect, but for those that still pay for PSN / Xbox Live this must be infuriating as hell. Is it Idiot Squad again, or is it Sony's incompetence? Really, both are pitiful as it is. Hopefully Sony can get their crap straight and Idiot Squad can get arrested; the prank calls to 911 are more than sufficient if the DDoS attacks weren't enough.

@Andivtr calm down mate.

@Tasuki @Andivtr @jaknight94 calm down both of you. It's a Game console it's not life. Yes I have a ps4 ps3 and a vita. I'm not swearing like crazy. I think more about and stuff than swear and stuff on here.

@Tasuki I got your back

last console I'll be buying too. The dependancy on always checking and verifying everything is becoming a joke. I understand that on online games but as a PS4 user with all my games being digital I shouldn't have to do workarounds with the settings to get to play my games. Worse thing I only renewed my PS+ last week.

It is getting ridiculous now.. I mean we pay for a unstable service! Sony need to rethink if they really should be charging for it!

3 cheers

I was going to play this morning too =(

@Tasuki well whoever reported it needs to man up there was nothing offensive or vulgar to what I said at all maybe in your country but certainly not in mine, I could've been rude and offensive but I wasn't I'm sorry you let the god squad get the better of you.

Well, I guess this means I can look forward to Xbox Live going down next week since that seems to be the trend lately with these two consoles. It's beyond ridiculous at this point. These paid-for services are not nearly as consistent as they should be and instead of slapping Sony and MS on the back saying 'we know you're working hard,' people need to start raking them over the coals.

@SupaColeMan
Last year Xbox One was a lot more consistent, then Dec. rolled around and ever since the holiday incident on both XBL and PSN, both services have been crap, to put it kindly.

@TomKongPhooey
I can't say I won't buy another console agian, but you're right that it's ridiculous that we're subject to all these stupid work arounds just to get a game to play offline. The hilarious part is people buy Sony's bs that it wasn't going to go down the exact same route MS was with the DRM stuff. They had the advantage of seeing the reaction MS got prior to E3 and reversed course, simple as that, and it's garbage. The internet isn't flawless and as such gaming services won't work flawlessly, I get it, but that's why they should be free. The PS4 and X1 are way too reliant on connectivity.

@Tasuki @ReigningSemtex while I get a need to ensure a good time for all on the site, I do have to say I think ReigningSemtex has a point here. It's all well and good getting people to watch the swears, but throwing out a language warning for blasphemy on a website which shouldn't have any religious bias at all (simply because it's totally irrelevant) is a bit far. I get that a response of sorts is needed where a report has been made, but in some circumstances surely the reporter just needs telling it's a common turn of phrase, utilising no bad language, and not intended to cause personal offence. Just because something's been reported surely doesn't always indicate that it warrants moderating? There should be a consistent approach laid down that is applied to all, so that a word is either unacceptable or it isn't, and that and only that should be applied when moderating, not the whim of a disgruntled user. Either blasphemy is banned or it isn't (as there's at least one other example in these comments), but frankly if it is then that's daft as anything :/

@ReigningSemtex
I believe not the God Squad, but the Lizard Squad is the real problem here... Or Sony, cause sometimes it feels Sony doesn't mind LizardSquad so actively seeking public attention; since people are more aware of DDOS, Sony doesn't get blamed as much as they used to.
I actually sold of my PS4 some weeks ago, mainly because the ever growing frustrations with things like these. But it wasn't even the outages or firmware problems that pulled the trigger, it was their lack of respectful and clear communication towards their customers that made me desperate enough just to sell the whole damn thing. As a Sony man it just hurts to be treated like crap after being a loyal consumer and even fan for so long.

@Boerewors

People can't tell me there's nothing Sony can do. Especially when they're charging for the service now. Getting way too much of a free pass. Same with MS. These hackers or whatever you want to call them are bunch of punks but at the end of the day if you're going to charge for your service, you better make sure it's up to par. The way these services seem to be so easily taken down says to me that maybe they aren't as up to par as they should be. And, unfortunately lack of communication with consumers is a real problem at Sony and has been for a while. Still remember how long they kept quiet during the hack of 2011. Then they pay some pr firm to come out and say 'Sony played everything 100% by the book' when sometimes good pr, and more importantly good customer service, requires taking the book and burning the damn thing.

@Gamer83
Back when the 2.0 patch launched my PS4 experience went from bad to almost non existent because of some problem with ALL my games quitting some 15 minutes in. So I called customer service, cause at that point Sony was downplaying that there were any problems, and after 40 minutes of waiting I asked them what was up. They told me I was the only one experiencing problems. So when I asked them I was put on hold for 40 minutes on a Tuesday morning the PS replied: "sir, 15 million people can't be wrong". I'm not kidding you!
I realized at that very moment Sony isn't going to do jack spratt about it because they feel that there is absolutely no need to. The keep on launching half- finished products and services and when they ask us to bend over they want us all to ask "how deep?" instead of telling them it's not right for a company to first take your money and than shove it up your gamehole.
After the worst PS gaming Christmas in years where my Wii U of all consoles had to save the day, I realized that this Sony and I just grew to far apart. Their adagio "for the players" used to be correct, but maybe the hardware from the PS3 era changed, the attitude most certainly didn't. I sold my PS4 because I can't let myself start to hate Sony, a company I grew up on believing to be the best around. For now I honestly hope Xbox will perform as good as they were doing the last few months, so it humbles PlayStation/ Sony a bit... But with this attitude and having the guts to charge me money for it...I'd rather not game at all.

@Boerewors
Part of the problem is people really don't call Sony on anything and most are more than happy to bend over. Hate to admit it, I've bent over a few times myself, I've been a PS+ member since not too long after it started, so I'm part of the problem. But still try to call bs when I see it. It's a matter of acting though and in March when my Plus subscription is up, I'm tempted to just let it go. I keep hoping Sony will have this nonsense with PSN sorted out but right now I'm thinking neither company is going to get its you know what together because both PSN and XBL have been going down far too often lately.

My non-Fanboy reply is -
SONY needs to sort out Xbox LIVE(that had problems twice last month)
&
Microsoft needs to sort out PSN

• PSN seemed to have lass problems when it was 100% free?! So maybe that is what is causing all this stuff(i will do & say anything to get things for free)

@SteveButler2210 I agree about the blanket rule, but I think it should be banned. The reason religion is banned is so people don't start bible bashing and problems start to occur (or worse yet, people get into an agruement in completley different) and people get offended. Banning blashemy is very much in accordance with the rules. For some of us, it is quite offensive. I can think of a word that I don't see why it's banned, and it's not swear word or anything, but I understand that other people feel differently, the words I don't like are banned because the words other don't like are banned. If anything I'm surprised it's banned with some of the other words they allow on here. (For a note of reference, the word re****ed. The word I'm surprised they still allow is the A-word.)

@Squiggle55 Agreed. I haven't had any issues, but the fact that others had is scary. This shouldn't be something that happens, and I'd like to see an article on it.

@Jaz007 There is no need to ban blasphemy. Some people do not like it because it goes against their religious sensibilities, not because it is in and of itself offensive, or aggressive. In Islam, it is expected that "S.A.W" / "P.B.U.H" be written following the name of the prophet, so then should I receive a warning and have my comment moderated if I write Muhammad and leave it off, just because that is expected in somebody else's religion? That's just crazy.

I'm not saying it is ok to openly bash someone's religion, and obviously that should be cracked down on hard if and when it occurs because that is persecution. But I think penalising a non-religious person for using a mildly blasphemous phrase which is part of many people's every day vocabulary is just too far.

I couldn't care less who is right or wrong religiously, all I'm saying is that there is no place for it here. This is a gaming website, about games, for gamers. Leave religion at the door, because it just isn't important here, or relevant. If we're going to start penalising people for saying things like "jesus christ" when they're annoyed (a common turn of speech), then how many other minor religious missteps from the hundreds of thousands of varying belief systems should users also be watched out and punished for? It opens the floodgates and it's a step too far.

As long as nobody is being actively aggressive, offensive, or abusive to anybody (which @ReigningSemtex definitely wasn't) then there really shouldn't be an issue. We're all adult enough to know we're going to have different views on things, so no need to go reporting and penalising people for such trivial things.

Never ran into problems myself (NA - east coast). Seems PSN wasnt down too long for you guys across the pond at least...it could be worse.

PC, XBO, and PS4 software is leading us towards more license-check gaming. Luckily you can work around it by changing some options, but it's still clear as day where mainstream gaming is heading.

Mod support for PC games is being killed off to help support the sale of more DLC. Console games from the BigTwo are getting bigger in install size while playing identically to a lot of previous-gen games.

Meanwhile, quality control is thrown out the window. 20GB patches to fix 30-40GB game installs, regardless of digital or physical. It's ridiculous. But it's selling, so that's where the industry is heading.

@SteveButler2210 Taking the lord's name in vain is as offensive, if it worse than a number if banned words here. The F word is a common prease for some people, so that doesn't really hold ground I think. And yes, religion should be left at the door, which includes blasphemy. It should be banned, and with your examples, you're comparing saying the saviors name in vain, with something like oh my ghosh, but with god instead if gosh. I'm not calling for the latter to be banned even though I dislike it, but the former should. And you said mild blasphemous, taking the savior's name in vain isn't mild. It's kinda like the same reasoning as the word re****ed being banned, or similar words.

@SteveButler2210 Thank you I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds it slightly crazy that you can be penalised for putting 2 words that aren't offensive next to each other just because one of them is god, religious beliefs have no place in the gaming community.

@Jaz007 well the word 'crap' is used 3 times (4 now) in comments in this article and where I come from that's considered more offensive then damn or god. Still I guess I can't blame you for reporting me you were probably bored without psn.

Something is always offensive to someone. It's your job to learn to not be offended by what others say and understand what is true to you. Not try to control people and tell them what they can and can't say. For geewillerkers sake!!

@eLarkos So what, you think we should remove moderation from the site and let erupt in chaos?

@Jaz007 define chaos? reporting somebody for blasphemy is chaos if you ask me