Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) was just hit with a massive outage that was only recently resolved. This caused members of the PlayStation Plus, a service that lets PlayStation console owners to game online, to lose access to any online games. While initially there was no official response from the company, Sony has now come forward with a compensation plan for everyone that was affected.
Sony offers extra days to PS Plus members
In an official tweet from the official Ask PlayStation support account on X (formerly Twitter), the Japanese tech giant apologized for the outage faced by the users. The official statement reads “Network services have fully recovered from an operational issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience.”
But that’s not all as the brand also seeks to compensate the user for their grievances by offering free extra 5 days of PS Plus service. Sony stated that “All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive” these additional days on their accounts. For those unaware, many gamer encountered an issue while trying to access their online multiplayer title like Marvel Rivals, Helldivers 2, Call of Duty, and others.
Initially, it was believed that the issue was a server problem being faced by the respective publishers of these games. However, a later confirmation revealed that the issue was from Sony’s PlayStation Network. The PSN outage slowly began appearing around the evening of Friday (ET), which was only solved around a whole day later. Some users still had access to their digital libraries, but the multiplayer side faces the brunt of it.
In related news, Sony announced that it was stopping the production of recordable media like Blu-ray discs, which marked the end of an era.
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