Gamers hoping to spend an evening in front of a PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 4 may be out of luck, unless they prefer a single-player experience (have you tried it? Astronomy robot? Sony’s gaming network suffered a massive outage on Monday night.
The official PSN service status page confirms the issue affecting all content, “Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web.” If it’s a PlayStation, that won’t work. The latest update, marked 9:21 PM ET, states that for games, “You may have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
In my case, “PS5 Error Code WS-116522-7” appeared when trying to launch the game, and Sony’s relevant webpage told me that “System software update failed.”
Screenshot: PSN service status
Players cannot log in, play multiplayer games, or play single-player games that require an online connection and login first (offline play seems to work fine).
There’s no word yet on what’s causing the issue, nor is there an estimated timeframe for a fix. This doesn’t seem like it should be related to any of the bugs that messed up PS5 games’ home screen art – that bug was fixed just a few hours ago – but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear anything else.
