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"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.

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

Users on social media had complained that they could not access their games after the unexplained outage began on Friday night.

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

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

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,

Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) is experiencing a major outage across the world, leaving tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps.

The PlayStation Network (PSN) experienced a significant global outage over the weekend, affecting countless users worldwide. The disruption began on Friday evening and persisted until Saturday evening in the United States.