Gamers say hours-long outage stopping them playing games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto is 'beyond frustrating'

Playstation Network has been experiencing a multi-hour outage leaving gamers incapable to play.

Sony's PSN presumption leafage shows relationship management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and the PlayStation Direct website are each dealing with issues astatine the moment.

As a result, gamers person been near incapable to play online aspects of games specified arsenic Fortnite, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and Marvel Rivals.

According to Downdetector, the issues archetypal started astir 11pm past nighttime with up to 14,000 reports of outages astatine the time.

PlayStation has said connected its X page: 'We are alert immoderate users mightiness beryllium presently experiencing issues with PSN.'

Following this, users person taken to societal media to explicit their frustration.

One idiosyncratic connected X said: 'Sony should springiness everyone escaped PS Plus for 6+ Months arsenic a effect of this outage.'

Another idiosyncratic said: 'PSN is inactive down. That's crazy! Millions of radical inactive can't play online oregon immoderate offline games due to the fact that it needs anserine verification to commencement the game. - full nonaccomplishment from Sony squad aft 15+ hours now.'

User Jeff Thigpen, from Dallas successful the United States, said helium had been incapable to entree the PSN for 10 hours.

The 48-year-old told the BBC: 'At my job, I person an hourly rotation and during my bread,k I'll occasionally get connected my PlayStation Portal.'

'Tonight I tried and was incapable to play immoderate of the games I purchased.

'Paying a monthly interest for their work is 1 happening but not being capable to play games that we've purchased is thing that's beyond frustrating.'

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