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PlayStation Network is down, causing PS5 and PS4 gamers to go offline
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PlayStation Network is down, causing PS5 and PS4 gamers to go offline

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 suffered a massive outage on Monday evening.

The official PSN service status page confirms issues affecting all: “Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web.” If it’s PlayStation, it won’t work. On my end, attempting to launch a game brought up the message “PS5 error code WS-116522-7,” and Sony’s associated web page tells me that “the system software update failed.”

Screenshot: PSN service status

Players cannot log in, play multiplayer games, or play single-player games that require connecting and logging in online first (offline games seem to work fine).

There’s no word on what caused the problem, which started around 8:41 PM ET, and there’s no estimated time for when the problem might be resolved. It doesn’t seem like this is related to the bug that messed with the home screen artwork of PS5 games (a bug that was fixed just a few hours ago), but as soon as we hear any additional information we’ll let you know .