Tech & Biz

Playstation Network Down April 21 2011: Network Problems

by MROliver | April 21, 2011 at 05:18 pm

37384 views | 1 Recommendation | 99 comments

The Playstation Network Is Still Down April 25

Update on April 23:

According to the Playstation blog, the issue has still not been fixed, and the reason the fix is taking so long is that they are rebuilding the system.

We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.

We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.

They have still not provided a timeline for the network to be back up and running.

Update on April 22:

Playstation confirmed that the network went down on April 20, and they still have not released a time for it to come back on Saturday April 23.

On April 22, the following message was posted on their blog:

An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

There is still no confirmed time for the Playstation Network to come back online.

Previous Coverage from April 21:

The Playstation network is experiencing problems and users may not have everything up and running for at least a few more days.

According to the Playstation blog:

While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can.

Previously, Euope's Playstation blog had said they were looking into a possible attack from an outside party, however that message no longer exists, and the network is still down.

Users are angry about the outage, especially the amount of time it may take to get everything up and running again.

Mortal Kombat, along with a few other games, were just released and users can't play them online.

Playstation has not provided any more information about the network problems at this time.

0 See all footage | View Slideshow

Share: email story | add to any | | facebook | stumbleupon

recommend Sign In or Join to post comments

Jack Marcas (not verified)

at 09:38 on April 28th, 2011

this soo dumb no i cant play cooking mama :( or singstar..

Gooch Pooch (not verified)

at 09:42 on April 28th, 2011

wtf r u guys talkn about ps3 is WAY then xbox :P All u stupid ps3 h8trs

jfl125 (not verified)

at 12:03 on April 28th, 2011

Did you guys all get the email that psn sent. i got he email on April 28th and it said why the network went down, but it also said that are adress, passwords, accoutns, and possibly credit card information may have been stolen? did everbody get this email?

codplayer (not verified)

at 16:12 on April 28th, 2011

i got so piss off on my spring break it was hard not play black ops for the vacation

MANNI RONA (not verified)

at 16:31 on April 28th, 2011

i just got that email (28th April 2011) this really sucks.. im thinking aboutt buying an xbox360..

MANNI ORONA (not verified)

at 16:43 on April 28th, 2011

has anyone heard anything?

Dj Whweelz (not verified)

at 17:06 on April 28th, 2011

I want to play omgggggggg please fix that shit pleaseeeeeee

J-DOG95 (not verified)

at 19:40 on April 28th, 2011

I literally ROFL'ed when I heard about this, this is another reason how XBOX and PS3 have their difference's. PSN is easier to hack, and XBOX is still up and running, you know why? Because Microsoft's security is just well better!