Sony Interactive Entertainment has offered compensation for this weekendâs massive PSN outage, but thereâs 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 weekendâs PSN outage lasted almost an entire day, which makes this the networkâs longest downtime since 2011âs 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 wasnât compromised.
In its statement published on social media, Sony didnât say what happened to its network yesterday, but did chalk the issue down to âoperationalâ problems. Weâre interpreting this as Sony saying that PSN wasnât hacked and usersâ data is safe. However, itâs better to be safe than sorry, so we advise that our readers change their passwords and review payment methods attached to their accounts.
Weâll update our readers if more information about the PSN outage comes to light. As for the PS Plus extension, you donât need to do anything. Itâll automatically apply to your account.
