PlayStation Network Confirmed Down, Online Services and Multiplayer Unavailable

To the surprise of a lot of fans on Wednesday evening, the PlayStation Network is currently down for most players. However, this "outage" isn't a total blackout, and many fans are still able to login with no problems, with one big catch.

A little after 9 p.m. ET, an influx of users began reporting problems playing games online on PlayStation 5. The data was reported on Downdetector. As of this writing, over 12,000 reports have been made of online services not working for users.

Ironically, as of this writing, PlayStation's official network status website has all of its online systems displayed as "all services are up and running." PlayStation has not yet made any announcements or updates regarding this widespread outage on socials or otherwise.

Men's Journal has also confirmed that the online systems appear to be working at first, and users can log in to their accounts, but at least some online games cannot be played. When attempting to play a game online, an error message pops up that reads, "Our online services aren't available right now. They might be temporarily busy. Please try again later."

Over on Reddit, in a thread by user Most_Assist2529, users are sharing their experiences with the outage. Some users are reporting that the outage is not just within the United States, but is also affecting other countries, too. Klutzy_Garbage5644 confirmed they are in Brazil and cannot access any online services.

Other users are reporting that they can play games fine, so the outage appears to be inconsistent, but until PlayStation makes an announcement, we may not know the official reason, areas affected, or how long the PlayStation Network may be down.

At around 10:27 p.m. ET, services got up and running again on the PlayStation Network. PlayStation has not made a statement on the cause of the outage.

This story was originally published by Men's Journal on Apr 16, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM.