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Gamers hoping to spend an evening in front of their PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 4 may be out of luck unless they enjoy single-player experiences (have you tried Astro Bot?). Sony’s gaming network is suffering a massive outage on Monday night. The official PSN Service Status page confirms problems affecting everything, “Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web.” If it’s PlayStation — it’s not working. The most recent update tagged 9:21PM ET says that for gaming, “You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.” On my end, attempting to launch a game brought up “PS5 error Code WS-116522-7,” and the associated webpage from Sony tells me…

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  • Fluffy56English
    1·
    8 hours ago

    *sips coffee slowly while playing multiplayer games with couch co-op…

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 hours ago

    I don’t miss this. Now to see how disastrously they handle it, like usual. My bet is on huge downtime, finally a statement 3 days later and in two weeks they admit everyone’s data got stolen again.