Sony Interactive Entertainment has offered compensation for this weekend’s massive PSN outage, but there’s a catch. Only existing PS Plus members are eligible to receive said compensation, which is a five-day extension of membership. Everyone else gets an apology.
PSN February 2025 outage was the longest since the 2011 hack
This weekend’s PSN outage lasted almost an entire day, which makes this the network’s longest downtime since 2011’s infamous hack, when services went offline for almost a month. Back then, Sony offered all players free games as compensation.
This time, however, only PS Plus users are getting compensation. Non-subscribers who missed out on a day of Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, or other free-to-play online games ahead of the busy Super Bowl Sunday will just have to settle for some reassurance that their data wasn’t compromised.
In its statement published on social media, Sony didn’t say what happened to its network yesterday, but did chalk the issue down to “operational” problems. We’re interpreting this as Sony saying that PSN wasn’t hacked and users’ data is safe. However, it’s better to be safe than sorry, so we advise that our readers change their passwords and review payment methods attached to their accounts.
We’ll update our readers if more information about the PSN outage comes to light. As for the PS Plus extension, you don’t need to do anything. It’ll automatically apply to your account.
