How long was PSN down for? Total downtime and maintenance duration so far

PlayStation Network (PSN) went down on 4 PM PT, February 7. On Friday evening, a large outage in the PlayStation server interrupted the online connectivity. Due to this, players on any modern PlayStation devices were not being able to log in or play games that require the internet. Right now, the server is slowly coming online. However, this was probably one of the biggest server outages in PlayStation's history after 2011.

Read on to learn more about how long PSN was down for, and more.

Note: PSN is officially coming back online. Right now, it's a slow process, but a large number of users have notified that they can go online right now.

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How long was PSN down for?

PSN was down for almost 21 hours. On their official X account, PlayStation acknowledged the issue and revealed that they were working on a fix. The server is now slowly coming back online, and we can expect it to go online completely as soon as possible.

Here are all the services that were unavailable during the outage:

Account management

• Sign in
• Create account
• Edit account details

Affected platforms:

• Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web

Gaming and social

Details

Game streaming

Affected platforms:

• Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web

Affected services:

• You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features.

PlayStation Store

Details

• Purchase
• Download
• Browse
• Search
• Redeem vouchers

Affected platforms:

• Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web

Affected services:

• You might have difficulty getting products in the PlayStation Store.

The exact reason behind this outage is yet to be revealed, but there can be several possibilities. Needless to say, PSN is one of the biggest networks where a large number of people stay online every day. The recent outage can be a result of a sudden surge of users, hardware malfunction, or even a cyber attack. We will notify readers as soon as there is official information.

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Check out our other coverage regarding the PSN being down right now:

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