An hour back, the PlayStation Network suffered a major outage disrupting online gaming for all PS consoles and other PSN-enabled devices. The outage lasted about an hour, between 4 PM PT and 5 PM PT. Many across the globe experienced the issues on their PS 4, PS 5, and other devices. Moreover, the PlayStation’s official status page also showcased the technical difficulties.
However, the problem’s resolved now and the services are back on track. Moreover, their status page also showcases every aforementioned service is back online. And now fans will be able to engage in online gaming and other services. Surprisingly, PlayStation is yet to acknowledge the temporary outage. In fact, the company has issued no comments, no apology to the fans, nothing. In fact, fans are praising the Xbox across Twitter.
PlayStation Network is currently down, knocking out online gaming for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and other PSN enabled devices. https://t.co/7xT4IxMCuo pic.twitter.com/ZonUy6uQI3
— IGN (@IGN) April 12, 2022
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On 13th April (Wednesday), the global outage left the fans stunned. And thanks to IGN, who mentioned the same on Twitter. Here’s a link to PlayStation’s status game. And at the moment, it shows every service is running fine, have a look.
According to IGN, “There have been over 13,000 reports of an outage with PSN since 4 pm PT.” An hour-long is a significant duration for a global outage. Undoubtedly, it’s concerning for PlayStation and negatively affects their massive customer base. In fact, the company must maintain transparency and consider disclosing the actual reason behind it. After all, it’s the fans who suffer the most. Moreover, the outage’s cause is likely to be server-related. Which is also the most common issue in the tech industry.
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The community comparing PlayStation with Xbox post the outage
PlayStation’s global outage has already shaken the gaming industry. In fact, the news has already made it to the headlines. Flooding Twitter, the fans have also expressed their opinions. And this is the moment the community has compared the PlayStation with its rival, Xbox. Speaking of, many have mentioned Xbox is great, superior, more stable, and many more.
Let’s have a look at what fans got to say about it:
Xbox live is clearly more stable
— Colt #BullshitMafia (@infrarogue89) April 12, 2022
Xbox is superior
— Bradley (@CodeRed6789) April 12, 2022
This is why xbox is superior
— KD ✨ (@323KD_) April 12, 2022
Buy xbox. Xbox is cheaper then ps5 and gives you better performance. You get more space storage and games for cheap price. Also you get game pass that gives you day one games and EA PLAY and a lot of great games. And their servers are stable, not like PSN.
— yakir nagar (@nagar_yakir) April 13, 2022
Ponies: it happens to Xbox more!
Xbots: damn down again?
Gamers: oh it will be alright
— Will (@ItsYaBoyWillB) April 13, 2022
This is why Xbox is outselling shit station 5 sadly 😞. Xbox would never go down.
— FunkysTwittter (@FunkysTwit) April 13, 2022
Everyone saying shit abt xbox when their servers used to go down 24/7
— Angel (@thekiddsangels) April 13, 2022
And you wonder why xbox is ahead?
— SneakyGamingTV (@sneakygamingtv) April 13, 2022
Xbox fanboys salivating right now.
— Gamerguy33 (@JonMFloress) April 13, 2022
Xbox is a stankballz ladyboi system.
— John McIntyre (@grimpunk) April 13, 2022
No outages with Xbox live 🤷♂️
— The Baron Von Shamus (@TheBaronShamus) April 13, 2022
Game pass baby!
— David Wallette (@Davidsjenni) April 13, 2022
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On Xbox right now so I’m good for now
— Scratchin’ Desperado (@Alexkulik2) April 12, 2022
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