[UPDATE] PlayStation Network is back and running

UPDATE: Feb. 8, 2025, 7:49 p.m. CST After hours of downtime, PlayStation Network appears to be back online. Reports on DownDetector have plummeted and for now, everything seems stable. We’ll keep an eye on the situation in case anything changes. Read our original story below.PlayStation console owners who wanted to play online games got a rude start to the weekend.Users started reporting widespread PlayStation Network outages in the early evening on Friday, per Down Detector (a service ow