Sony's PlayStation Network faced a nearly 24-hour outage beginning Friday, preventing gamers from playing and purchasing games. This disruption caused frustration among users and led to a nearly 2% dip in Sony's stock during after-hours trading. Although service was restored by late Saturday, reports of lingering issues persisted on social media. The scale of the impact is notable, considering the PSN's estimated 116 million monthly users. Reactions from affected gamers were vocal online, with some expressing their discontent and even considering switching to competitor platforms.
"PSN has been restored. You should be able to access online features without any problems now," a PlayStation account posted on X late Saturday afternoon. "Sorry for the inconvenience!"
The outage drew ire from diehard gamers, who chronicled their disappointment in posts on Reddit and X, as well as snark from corporate entities responding to the news.
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