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Sony blamed an operational issue for the 20-hour service outage, which affected console gamers on the PlayStation Network over the weekend.

"All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service," reads a post on X from the official PlayStation support account @AskPlayStation. Five free days of service isn't a bad trade for an issue that lasted around half a day.

The PlayStation Network has been back up and running for a bit now, after a major outage took PlayStation 5 and PS4's online features offline for roughly 24 hours at the end of last week. To make up for the extended downtime,

PlayStation Network was hit with an outage and remained offline for many users through most of Saturday leaving them frustrated.

Sony’s PlayStation Network, which connects gamers online on its systems, experienced a massive outage that lasted about 24 hours.

Sony’s PlayStation Network is up and running Sunday after a massive outage frustrated many users unable to play online games or access its online store. TikTok made Android Package Kits available for download through its official web site.

Yes, for some users the PlayStation Network is down. Why is that? Here’s what we know: on Friday night, @AskPlayStation tweeted on X (formerly Twitter): “We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN.”