Error 404. Bad news for video games from all over the world. PlayStation Network In Down globally: the Sony platform, today 8 February 2025, has stopped working for more than 15 hours in every part of the world. All services related to the Sony platform are down. And the result is soon said: access to games that require online experience are completely blocked. The stop affects all the activities that require a connection and actually blocks each console, from PS5 down. The boom of reports arrives on Downdetector. Among the penalized games, the EA Sports, Call of Duty, FIFA and Fortnite are standing out.
What is going on
Since one of this night (Italian hours) the Downdetector site has recorded a surge of reports, which has been momentarily returned between 3:00 and 6:00, a time in which the problem seemed – at least apparently – solved. Nothing to do. From this morning from 7:00 the reports have returned to climb. According to reports, the Down of the platform It is the cause of disservices linked not only to the use of games, but also to the management of accounts. The PlayStation Store, a portal from which it is possible to buy and download digital content, would also have stopped working. Visiting the page that verifies the status of the network service you read that “Some services present problems” And you can see how all the items are marked in red: account management, games and social networks, PlayStation Video and PlayStation Store.
Sony’s post
To worsen the situation, Sony thought about it that, through an X post, she communicated both to be aware of the disservices and to be at work to restore the functionality of the PSN, without however a possible exit strategy. An answer that has not satisfied the gamers of the whole globe. “We are aware that some users at the moment could have problems with the PSN”reads the Askplaystation profile on X.
The previous one of 2011
It is not the first time that the PSN, the brain that guides the entire console, cause of the problems. The previous one dates back to 2011when the PlayStation Network remained offline for Ben twenty -three days following a massive hacker attack.
In that case the Sony platform went offered from April 20 to May 15th. To date, this would be the third down of PSN in importance and durability. In addition to the aforementioned hacker attack of 2011, the platform suffered a DDOS attack in 2014.