PSN outage shows how fragile PlayStation's digital ecosystem can be Sony's consoles are experiencing a PSN outage in October 2024, stopping PS5 and PS4 players from accessing PS Plus games and even some offline games.Lee Brady Published 01 Oct 2024 FollowtopicsPlayStation NetworkLee Brady Sony's official website has confirmed that there's a major PSN outage in October 2024 affecting PS5 and PS4 players. The outage affects online multiplayer services and the PS Store, and it also prevents players from accessing the new PS Plus games and playing the best free PS5 games on PS5 and PS4. This problem even extends to offline single-player games for some accounts.Update: PSN services seem to be back online worldwide — you can check your own region's status in the story below.PlayStation Network outage takes PS Plus and single-player games offlineThe PSN outage kicked off sometime during the evening of Monday, September 30, 2024, and as of Tuesday, October 1, 2024, PlayStation Network services (apart from PlayStation Direct) remain offline for many countries. Things seem fixed now, but make sure to check the PSN Service Status for an update on your region.via PlayStation.For many PS Plus subscribers, the outage will affect their ability to claim the new PlayStation Plus October 2024 monthly games. Without access to the PSN, subscribers will be unable to claim their copies of Dead Space, WWE 2K24, and Doki Doki Literature Club Plus.The PSN outage has affected online multiplayer services and any games that require online server connections to boot, including most free-to-play games like Fortnite and Call of Duty Warzone. Hopefully affected PS5 and PS4 players have something else installed on their console already, because the PSN outage is also preventing players from accessing the PS Store or even their own online Games Library.This month's PS Plus titles.Even then, it's worth noting that many offline single player games will be affected by the PSN outage regardless of whether they require online services or not. If your game was downloaded via PS Plus, that title may be locked depending on the last time it had its license verified — something that happens in the background when you boot up PS Plus games.Also, any PSN accounts that are listed as the "Secondary Account" (for example, if that account is listed to two individual PS4 consoles) could lose access to downloaded games, even if they were digitally purchased and tied to your account. PSN verifies game ownership for Secondary Accounts as they log in, and without the ability to log in during the outage, most games will likely become unavailable.via X.All-in-all, whether it has been fixed in your region or not, this kind of PSN outage shows just how fragile the PlayStation ecosystem can be. With the removal on online services, you can even lose access to games you have installed on your PS5 and PS4. It serves as a pretty solid reminder for why so many PlayStation fans are adamant about preserving physical game releases.Regardless, here's hoping the PSN outage will be amended for everyone so that PS5 and PS4 players can go back to enjoying some of the best PS5 multiplayer games around. In the meantime, how has the PSN outage for October 2024 affected you? Let us know down in the comments below.PlayStation Network Written by Lee BradyStaff Writer Lee keeps one eye on the future (Astro Bot), one eye on the past (PS1, PS2, and PS3 games), and his secret third eye on junk he really likes (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Sonic). A PlayStation fan for over 25 years, he loves replaying classic games via PS Plus.