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PSN "in the process of being restored"

The PSN was down for hours today, but Sony says it's on the way back up.

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Update: The PSN is coming back online now, Sony has said - about six and a half hours after problems were first reported.

Original story: PSN errors started cropping up within the past hour or so and have become quite widespread, according to Down Detector.

Although your results may vary according to region, here in Sydney we've been unable to get a PS4 online or connect to the Sony Entertainment Network web store.

The PSN service status page has not been updated to reflect the problems, and there's been no acknowledgement on the PlayStation Blogs or forums as yet. The Ask PlayStation Twitter account has responded to individual users saying the issue is under investigation.

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At time of writing, the PlayStation Australia Twitter is the Sony voice to make a general acknowledgment of the issue.

Update: The US PlayStation Twitter has also acknowledged the problem.

The issues follow unscheduled downtime outage in early January and an extended outage over the holiday period, for which Sony felt obliged to hand out compensation.

Thanks, DualShockers.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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