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PlayStation Network is down, knocking PS5 and PS4 gamers offline

An illustration of the PlaySation “PS” logo overlayed on swooping blue and teal colors
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Gamers hoping to spend an evening in front of their PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 4 may be out of luck, as Sony’s gaming network is suffering a massive outage on Monday night.

The official PSN Service Status page confirms problems affecting everything, “Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web.” If it’s PlayStation — it’s not working. On my end, attempting to launch a game brought up “PS5 error Code WS-116522-7,” and the associated webpage from Sony tells me that “The system software is the update failed.”

Screenshot: PSN Service Status

Players can’t sign in, play multiplayer games, or play single-player games that need to connect and sign-in online first (offline games seem to be working fine).

There’s no word on what is…

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