PSN Down Just Days into 2016

Grrrrr.....

It said the network was down when I logged into ESO as long as its back for tomorrow for the PS Plus games I am not too worried.

Signed in and working fine here in Sheffield(england)

I'm still online but have been all day, I'm sure it will last only a few hours.

Had issues with Spotify, would only show the same screen any time I went into any of the options. Infinite loop lol. Had to close the application. Every time after it kept saying "PlayStation Network is Undergoing Maintenance". I saw people online looked like they were playing ok. They are all local friends that were still on. Location is Mi US, if that helps any. So some things work here and others don't I guess.

It wasn't working for me a few minutes ago. Bad time too because I need to crush some vermin in Bloodborne.

This is my major gripe about psn. Not that it goes down, that you rarely get any information. A simple "hello all, having issues signing in? We are aware and our engineers are working getting you back online asap" tweet is not hard. A lot of the stuff you hear and read is people just confused as to whether it's them or psn and why. Not asking for minute by minute updates, just an acknowledgment of the issue, and a statement that it's being worked on would be nice.

I must be the only one signed in then. I'm online with no problems, I'm in the UK.

I got a notification about some sort of maintenance?

@Patinator hmm that's odd. Wonder if I try signing in and out again, I'll bet I'll get that message.

I hope it comes back up in case I wanna play Battlefront or COD:BO3 later. Most likely I'll just end up playing Fallout 4 or Xenoblade Chronicles X instead though.

I just got the maintenance message too luckily just finished my destiny hour for the day now on syndicate.

PSN seems to be working for me. Could access PS Store and upload my game save. Is it because I was already logged in? Is it not accepting new sign ins?

Getting the Black ops 3 itch now though :/

bugger wanted to play battlefront hey ho guess it will wait

Bad timing, was just about to download one of my PS3 games from my library.

I don't have ps plus so I think I'll survive.
( ~_^)b

That sucks. I'm at work now, but hopefully it will be up soon.

Yeah I got a maintenance notification but all my friends list, trophies etc were working.

Here we go again.....

It's cool. I'm playing Divinity.

Aw there goes my evening with the last of us 😭

I would say the failOverflow announcement about the PS4 hack has something to do with the network maintenance.

Didn't know there was a problem it's working fine here all day (NW UK), just thought it was Maintenance as I cannot get onto the PSN Store as it's says it's Undergoing Maintenance.

It's down in Canada too. It's pretty freakin ridiculous considering it's the first day back to school and work. Would love to play some FFXIV, so get the freakin thing up and working already, Sony -_-

Couldn't look at my trophies or access the psn store around 7pm, turned it off now.

this is bull its about time sony got off there arses and sorted psn outseeing as we pay enough to use their wonderful service

_{Watch the language -Tasuki-}

Was gonna play some ESO but guess not now XD oh well, they'll get it fixed soon, most likely

once again and again and again and...

I was going to play Heavensward, but now I have to break through my procrastination and play Fallout 4. CURSE YOU Sony for making me play other games I love and promise to play but don't.

Was looking forward to playing some destiny. But now I will have to make do with offline games. Even though I pay to go on Psn. And they should give us a day of subscription for free

I was playing Zombies on Bo3, reached round 3, all rituals were complete, opened pack a punch got the egg for the sword and PSN signs me out. Something about " Down for Maintenance."

@get2sammyb Quite considerate, actually

@Tasuki Pffft please this greedy company makes alot of dolla already.

Fallout 4 it is then since I can't play Battlefront.

@Draythedestroyer battlefront is a single player game as well

Can't play Just Cause 3 because for some gawd forsaken reason the game makers decided that a single player game requires online connection constantly to play. Like WTF!

@Tasuki I think what they mean is that subscribers should be compensated for the time where they could not use the service.

I cant start mgs v or one piece pirate warriors 3. So much for always online - these games wont even start.

No Rocket league, not even hotline Miami - how do you play offline. What a load of rubbish.

@Tasuki i have only till midnight to reach iron banner lvl 5 on destiny for example . When you consider xbox1 owners can play the game right now,Then i feel very ripped off by ps plus.

Was working on and off for me. Just stuck Castlevania SotN on for a bit. No big deal.

@Johnnycide is a big deal for me, games like destiny have time limited events that dissapear and reset tomorrow morning until a month from now. All that grind for all?

_{@Davros70]Watch the language -Tasuki-}

@get2sammyb looks like a hack to me.

_{Nice try but we aren't stupid -Tasuki-}

@Tasuki "in this day and age" it doesn't happen on xboxlive though does it?

@ZeroXyko14 these are good days for working on those offline games we tell ourselves we're going to play. I've put 4 hours in on FF7

@get2sammyb maybe nobody went back to work at Sony. Maybe they took an extended holiday because of the fact it didn't go down over Christmas

@Tasuki considering you're a moderator , Don't you think you have a very childish and confrontational attitude ? I use PlayStation because i love its games. Though what thats got to do with a online service going down is beyond. Me.

@tasuki dont ever reply to me again, you're very arrogant i dont like you.

According to you psn and xblive are not "COMPARABLE"lol funniest thing i've ever heard hahaha

Lol, that lack of iron banner rank 5 really cheesed me off!

Of course Pepsi and Coke are not comparable it's childish to think so.

@tasuki if you really dont recognise that PlayStation is infact, in direct competition (both game and service wise) to the xbox brand, then god help you... Why do yo think both companies compete each year E3 especially ?

@Tasuki far too incoherent for me to decipher sadly.

@Davros79 You are right I believe. Psn and Xbox live are absolutely comparable. They provide the same type of service. I love my ps4 but when I was on Xbox the network was more reliable I think. Saying they aren't comparable is like saying Verizon and Sprint or AT&T are not comparable.

Uncharted 4 delayed before 2016 began and we ring in the new year with PSN going down. Off to a wonderful start... But as I always say when these issues arise it's not so much the issue itself. The internet isn't perfect and sh*t happens but clearly Sony learned nothing from 2011 as it absolutely refuses to engage people in what the hell is going on. Been a problem for years yet the fanbase continues to praise rather than call out bs.

Ok i've made a moderator look like a fool, goodnight.

@Davros79 I don't think the guy's use of comparable helps his argument, but I -think- the gist of what he's saying is...

The whole point of competing companies is that each company is going to have its own flaws, you shouldn't necessarily expect Xbox and Playstation to have the exact same infrastructure (or hardware, or games, or anything else) because if they were virtually the same there wouldn't be purpose for competition and, -to fill in a void I think he's missing- ultimately the market would likely decide competition is irrelevant, console with 'coolest' look or name would 'win' and there would be a monopoly.

Is it a strong argument? Nah, I don't think so. I think the better argument is far more simple and elementary. 'If you love XBox so much why don't you marry it?' (Or rather, use XBox instead of Playstation)

@Coldpancakes because i Don't like xbox, thats my point. But if i owned a xbox i would have reached iron banner rank 5 on destiny tonight!

@Tasuki XBox Live performs better than PSN FACT. Some of us like to game on the PS4 because of the exclusives.

@Davros79 right, and the counterpoint is if it's that big of a deal maybe you should like Xbox more, otherwise it kinda just comes off as if you are whining because your football team lost. And if it's the latter; you should probably get over it rather than internet screaming.

My buddy and I just discovered Helldivers this weekend and we're dying to get on there. That game is badass!

@Davros79 Just buy a Xbox One and go have a better time.

@Davros79 ''DESTINY DEGENERATE NERD''....Confirmed...no offence...MORE THAN OFFENCE!!!!! xD

Haha miss out on unchartered 4 , last guardian , horizon , rime, firewatch, na xbox dont get close

@XFsWorld
To be fair, both networks were on pretty even footing in 2015. Hopefully if it turns out PSN is down until Jan 7, it'll be the only 'crisis' the PSN faces this year. I'll give the benefit of the doubt for now because last year went pretty well. It's just annoying Sony never tells people what in the F is going on.

@Tasuki
I don't expect the services to run the same, I do expect better stability than Sony has provided many times though. I never give a pass but I could understand why some might let stuff slip considering it was free to play games online on PS3. That's not the case now, we're paying $50 a year for the service. Stuff will happen from time to time but what happened a couple years ago was utterly ridiculous. Last year was a big step, we'll see how this year goes. XBL is more stable, although I don't give points for that because this kind of stuff is what MS does. If XBL was a disaster I'd be screaming for MS to GTFO.

I'm experiencing total bs on my ps4 right now i can sign in and play with my friends online any game but if i launch YouTube or Ps store in says ''UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE'' Can someone pls explain to me??

@ExoTic_Dlight you're the one with the superhero avatar! I'm no destiny nerd if was i would've been rank 5 iron banner on Saturday . ,

@Davros79 I have a superhero avatar but still does not make me a nerd!?!?

@Davros79 Lol, and yeah you're right i am the one with the superhero avatar who cares?? At least i have one bud

@ExoTic_Dlight sure it Don't , but you were quick to call me one.

Lol some of the back up are lol,i wish i had a winter jacket as thick as you!

@Davros79 dude whats wrong with being one??? i'm one 2 i mean i can't judge...thinking of it....maybe the way i said it got u offended...i literally put an emoji at the end....its just my way of talking.

Haha . Lets get back on topic DEGENERATE =)

Lol get your make believe friends in as backup! Hahahaha

@Davros79 Got me on that one . I seriously dunno why i said ''DEGENERATE NERD'' lol that was a stupid idea even thinking of sayin it..

@ExoTic_Dlight well yeah its like saying MONG or ReTArd:-). Without getting banned

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I didn't download one of the Vita games from PLUS and was going to do it today...........NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Davros79 There ya go

Tad bit upsetting after a 12 hour shift at work. Looking to unwind with some Destiny. Oh well, thank God for whiskey!

@AFCC Same here only was i going to download AC Syndicate...Sucks dude

Anyone still experiencing problems? And by anyone I mean most?

In Australia internet is always garbage, so its hard for me to tell, if psn works damn them kangaroos,

I wish warframe was an offline and online playing - type game....

P.S.: IK this is gonna start a flame war but....WARFRAME IS A BETTER DESTINY THAN DESTINY 😅

@warframewatts Yup. Only thing i can't do is launch YouTube it still says UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE'' But everything else is working...

Warframe is good FREE aswell a great game for a tramp.

@ExoTic_Dlight I just had a thought. If they know it probably won't be up til the 7th, why can't they just go ahead and finish fixing the problem, that way they wouldn't have to work as much.

@warframewatts

I need to try Warframe...don't know much about it though. I really need to check out some videos. Destiny is just a great way for me to unwind at the end of a long shift at work. I'm always keen to try something new though.

@Warframewatts wareframe is great unfortunately it was readily available 2 years ago at the ps4 launch and subsequently got overshadowed by resogun and blacklight retro , kzshadowfall, an contrast all of which are better games than destiny . Warframe is a game which is on most game of the year publications 2015

@Tasuki lol who's starting trouble?, a moderator needs to know his stuff or he appears desperate to appease his lack of knowledge . In the words of Bob dylan "Don't criticize what you dont understand "

@Scorpio73 it's really awesome.
It's like taking call of duty, destiny, and star wars and putting them all together, I think I explained it right.

Guess I'm stuck playing MKX,Black ops 3, and wwe 2k16 for 3 days. I CRI EVERYTIEM

Man if I can't download the Vita game from plus someone help me send an email raging and demanding 1 more day to download it xD

Its kinda disappointing how they made Minecraft story mode'' i really thought it would've been more like Adventure and Survival mode but only with cut scene's and Voices added to it ...But then once again its the same ppl who made The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us.

The fact this guy joined 2hrs ago @ExoTic_Dlight, to argue your case is pathetic @tasuki . Grow up.

@Davros79 That's bcuz i got ban for swearing on my main account idiot maybe ask before mentioning it....

@ member for 2hrs hey, you sound like a veteran !

@Davros79 Member since 2014 hey and u still don't have a avatar.

_{Seriously you need to cool it -Tasuki-}

@Davros79 You are being immature, "Don't criticize what you don't understand "? You don't understand network maintenance and yet you criticize Sony.

Do we have an ETA on uptime yet? Like how much longer?

What?

@ExoTic_Dlight I do have a avatar it's the PS logo

@Talon055 Just a troll, ignore it. I have yet to see a ETA, but I hope it to be soon.

@ZeroXyko14 Au contraire, i do understand network maintenance . But was this network maintenance scheduled ?

@ZeroXyko14 yeah me too. Was grinding in destnitly TK. Hit lv 40 this morning, went to work, came home and fukkkkkkkkk

Networks coming back up in my area

@Talon055 i cant buy that iron banner shotgun if it ever drops until 4 weeks now. If it was scheduled maintenance i could understand

@Talon055 I was able to get some bounties done in Destiny before PSN went down, at least your still level 40 so there is some good news. Unless an act of god occurs and a meteorite destroys Destiny's servers.

Lol my Internet is down now -.-

@ZeroXyko14 oh sorry my bad i didn't realize this maintenance was scheduled . Must have turned my psn nofications off. Hopefully one day i can understand maintenance like you.

@Talon055 sorry for jinxing you.
@Davros79 Its okay, you apologized and I forgive you. Hope you have nice night.

My psn is back up now at 10:38pm est, just letting ppl know.

@hYdeks my PSN is working too. EST as well in NA. Just synced my day of offline DBX trophies & signed into the Xenoverse servers.

@ZeroXyko14 thanks u ever lasting beacon of knowledge !

Luckily I wasn't effected as I was playing single player and I had an early night. But I do see some peoples arguments as valid... Surely when you pay for a online service you expect it as a customer to be up and running ,although in fairness PSN was pretty good last year in terms of stability. But a little bit of knowledge from Sony would be decent customer service, EG:Sorry we are having issues with (whatever it is), we are working to fix this and expect it to be up within ? Hours... Atleast connect with your customers rather than leave them in the dark.

Yeah, mine is down. Very disappointing

I just read that it was a hacker group that took the service down. Anyone else see anything on it as well?

@Kidfried Haha yeah

I've successfully logged back on today and managed to purchase a game on PSN, so I'm hoping its business as usual for everyone ??

It's stuff like this that utterly ruins trying to keep getting your daily bonus rewards on EA sports Ultimate Team modes and takes a week to get back where you were in your reward program and loses you over 1,000 currency on a daily basis

Logged in this morning before work and played a Rocket League online match straight away, no connection issues and didn't even know PSN had been down. Apparently some people calling for compensation, which is utterly ridiculous.

@SegaBlueSky The only compensation I can see being offered is if PSN is down for say 6+ hours, you get an additional days subscription?

150 comments? Lol. Played some transformers devastation while it was offline.

I've had no problem and I'm in the US.

No problems for me:)