Sony is comping PS Plus members five days of free access after a major PlayStation Network (PSN) outage over the weekend left players unable to game or stream for 24 hours.
Sony's PlayStation Network suffered an extensive global outage from the early hours of Friday to Saturday, stretching past 24 hours and marking one of the longest unplanned downtimes for a major gaming service in recent memory.
While PlayStation did previously suffer a breach in 2011, which kept PSN down for a record 23 days and exposed the personal data of 77 million users, Sony has not confirmed the possibility of hacking in the latest outage.
Non-PS Plus members are especially upset, as they were unable to play games or access digital content during the outage, leading to frustration over the lack of compensation for them.
With players unable to get online, they missed out on key gaming events and promotions, including the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, Call of Duty’s Double XP Weekend on Black Ops 6, and Destiny 2’s 48-hour Contest Mode, among others.
