We all love playing PS isn’t it? However, when it comes to subscriptions then we might not be happier as you will not be getting any extra days to play. However, this distress is soon going to turn into a delight as the PS Plus members will be getting five days of service added to their account. Keep reading the article till the end, as we will be letting you know everything about this PS, plus an update that you didn’t know you needed!
What’s the News?
Well, everything started from yesterday’s outage of the PS and this led to a lot of distress and dissatisfaction amongst the gaming community. To compensate and turn this distress into delight, Sony is now adding five days of service to the account of the PS plus members. This is a confirmation that has come from the official X handle of the PlayStation support team.
Well, this outage has lasted for the full day, and this led to the first indication of the problem which seemingly cropped up by 6 PM ET Friday. Sony posted that service had been restored just before 7 PM ET Saturday.
Well, the players encountered some serious issues when the outage took place, as they could not log into their accounts, visit the PlayStation store, or launch any of the games. Well, this is one of the most important issues that the outage caused.
Now that you have a good understanding of the PS Plus members and the reason Sony is aiding the members with a five-day service in their account, head to the next section of the article to decode some of the challenges that the players faced.
Who Faced the Outage Massively?
If you are an owner of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, you would have seen this outage to be quite a massive one. although any game or service that requires a PlayStation Network login would have also had issues. Well, something similar happened last year when the Helldivers 2 players protested Sony’s requirement that a PSN login be required to play the PC version of the game. The gaming company ultimately backed down from the requirement before they ventured into removing the game from their sales territory in multiple locations. There are some gamimg websites which has said that if Sony would have continued to require its PSN login, then it would have been offering the players to be able to enjoy their PC games as well.
Background on the Helldivers 2 Controversy
Well, since the massive outage led to Sony giving five-day service to every PS plus members, this all stemmed from the controversy last year, where Sony backed down from linking the PlayStation account to play the Helldivers 2 game. Let’s see a quick background to this issue.
All of the controversy started when Sony announced that the players have now to link their PS account to play the Helldivers 2 game, this got the Helldivers players quite furious, which led to an outage amongst the gaming community. At that time, Sony said and made it clear that the existing players would be prompted to link their account, which would have started from May 30, and they would be continuing this until June 4. Presumably, the game wouldn’t have been playable after that without linking. Before changing the course and dropping the link requirement, Sony had said that they would be pulling off the game from sale in 177 territories and countries where the PS accounts are not available.
Well, there was no immediate response from any of the representatives of Sony after they made the link no longer available for the players to connect with the Helldivers 2 game.
What was Sony’s Motive?
Well, one of the key reasons that Sony mentioned when they were pulling off the games was the player’s protection. They said that they are trying to protect players from griefing abuse and enabling the banning of players that will be engaging in the type of behavior. Additionally, the players of the Helldivers 2 community already had the option for linking their PlayStation account in order to enable crossplay, in which PC and PlayStation 5 Helldivers can play the same games. There is currently no Xbox console version of the game, but it’s been rumored to be a possibility.
Coming Back…
Well, with the recent outage that reminded the players of a similar outage from last year, the gaming community did get a sour taste when it came to playing the most popular game titles like Call of Duty, Black Ops 6, etc. The most significantly affected games were the ones which were mentioned above. Additionally, the outage also caused the fans distress in the game Marvel Rivals, but fans of online multiplayer games weren’t the only ones affected. Console owners that have digital copies of games instead of discs said they were unable to have their games verified, making even games meant to be playable offline inaccessible. The last time when the PS was down for a longer time was in the year 2011, and this gaming outage was seen as a major hacking incident
What Happened in 2011?
Shedding some light on the past, the PS outage was really down for a long time in the year 2011. It all started with a security breach on the Sony Playstation network which exposed the personal information of almost about 100 million users. From there, the troubles have mushroomed across the Sony empire and spilled out into the wider world.
What the Players think?
As the global outage of the PS took place on Feb 10, it was definitely looked down upon as the most distressing event when it came to logging into the account, launching games, and more. However, with the Sony company adding a five-day service to every PS plus members, there was relief that the players experienced. However, with the sudden outage, there was a lurking fear of potential hacking, which would lead to exposing the personal information of millions of PS users. Hopefully, that was not the case, and the event was resolved along with compensation in a timely manner. But the popular gaming titles got affected, which might have affected the engagement of these games, and the player’s curiosity in the resolvement of the issue definitely took a peak.
Conclusion
If you are a PS 4 and PS 5 console owner, then this outage might have been hard for you as you were temporarily stalled from playing your favorite games. However, the timely resolution of the outage and the addition of five days of service to the PS plus members called for much-needed relief. That’s all, folks. I hope the article will help you to get all the information you need.
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