Amid Outrage Over PlayStation’s 24-Hour Outage, Sony Offers Plus Members 5-Day Extension; Internet Is Not Impressed
Back in April 2011, when Playstation suffered an outage, the users were rewarded with two free games as compensation. The 2011 attack was an external intrusion attack causing a network outage that lasted 23 days. The hackers gained access to 77 million personal data of PSN (PlayStation Network) users in the attack, which included credit card details as well. The current outage that lasted for 24 hours from February 7 till 8 reminded the users of the 14-year-old attack, causing much paranoia amongst PSN members.
Amid the outrage on social media and the Big Bowl’s game throwing shades at the PSN outage, Sony announced an automatic extension of an additional five days of service for Plus members. The company also “apologized for the inconvenience.” Sony pinned the outage on “operational issues.” Meanwhile, Krispy Kreme has offered free glazed donuts to affected users for a limited period. You’ll have to fly to the US to avail of their limited offer.
PlayStation has confirmed the PSN outage was an “operational issue”
Existing PS Plus users got 5 days of free PS Plus in compensation, while non-PS Plus users got nothing pic.twitter.com/w6a8k3g1oz
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) February 9, 2025
The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement. https://t.co/zOWumJN74A
— PC Gamer (@pcgamer) February 9, 2025
Very interesting that the Playstation network had their longest network outage in quite some time and the halftime show stage was designed to look like a Playstation controller… pic.twitter.com/d7inN8GFc7
— Truth Seeker (@_TruthZone_) February 10, 2025
The 2011 PlayStation outage sucked balls but receiving two free games in return was pretty cool. pic.twitter.com/8d1zrtKTqp
— Dagan (@himynameisdagan) February 8, 2025
Only today from 5PM – 7PM pic.twitter.com/gRqFFlP6fD
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 8, 2025
Network services have fully recovered from an operational issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience. All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service.
— Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) February 9, 2025
The internet over the roasted Sony over the PSN’s compensation for the outage. One user wrote, “That’s like getting a small fry after they mess up your entire order.” Another user jibed, “I’m not a PlayStation owner, but this feels very unacceptable.” However, not all PSN fans were outraged. Some called the disgruntled users ranting over the compensation as entitled brats. Netizens also slammed the company over its “tone-deaf communication,” which failed to explain the exact cause of the outage.
5 days of PlayStation Plus as an apology?
That’s like getting a small fry after they mess up your entire order
— Trending Trends (@Trendingtrendsz) February 9, 2025
I’m not a PlayStation owner but this feels very unacceptable.
— Corey’s Gaming Hub (@GreatStoryCorey) February 9, 2025
The amount of people begging for “compensation” from the outage is actually ridiculous, or do these people act this entitled for anything that’s of inconvenience in their lives?
— SetUrSinsFree (@SinsofCha0s) February 9, 2025
What was the reason behind Network failure? this is extremely shady and tone deaf communication.
I lost my profile back in ps3 hack and this one of the reason why i don’t trust this Brand atleast security wise. pic.twitter.com/06ymQcxxhW
— HazzadorGamin, Dragon of Dojima (@HazzadorGamin) February 9, 2025
Thanks for the late update and not telling us what happened pic.twitter.com/GDqps3rNp0
— TAXI ✌️ IRIE (@ridnthemoontaxi) February 9, 2025
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