PSN status & Xbox Live status update today: Playstation network going down repeatedly
Update: Sony said that things are getting back to normal, finally. The company that has been witnessing one hack after the other tweeted on its support line that PS3, PS4 and Vita network services are gradually coming back online, thank you for your patience. Nonetheless these words didnt seem to be very reassuring for many of its harassed users who were unable to play games and get connected to their friends. But some experts said that the few remaining glitches may be due to the ongoing maintenance work. The company went on to accept that there were still some people around who were facing sign-in issues on PS3 and PS4. It said that its officials and support staff are working round the clock to restore complete service.
Gamers across the world have been hit really, really hard as Xbox live and Sony Playstation networks didnt work and they felt harassed throughout the day. On day one after the alleged hack of the two networks by very accomplished hackers, the users of the two networks had failed to access them and the same happened on day 2 too.
Cyber attack was so severe that it disrupted the complete functioning of Xbox live and Sony Playstation. Though now Sony and Microsoft claim that their networks are back completely, users continue to complain about the very erratic functioning of the respective networks.
The hacking was allegedly the handiwork of very professional looking hackers who call them Lizard Squad. It is being said that the hacking of the two most popular networks among the gaming enthusiasts could have affected more than 160 million gamers hailing from every corner of the world. this caused revenue loss to the tune of millions and millions of dollars to the two companies.There was a sort of welcome interventions by none other than Kim Dotcom, the burly internet entrepreneur came up with an offer to the hackers to give them free lifetime use of his file storage service. Hackers resorted to distributed denial of service ,DDOS, to leave the two networks almost inaccessible for their genuine users.
So a large number of people who had the game on their own computers, but as gaming is often played with online authentications, the ones with genuine copies couldnt play their games.
The two networks are used together by around 155 million users. Sonys PlayStation Network (PSN) is used by as many as 110 million people while Xbox Live is used by another 46 million people.
In the meantime there is good news for gamers. In latest update Microsofts Xbox is running a status page saying Xbox Lives core services are back online and functioning normally, though there are reports that the network is still is having issues with Purchase and Content Usage, watching live TV. Meanwhile site monitor DownDirector.com is saying that there are many complaints of the site going down dramatically.
On the other hand Sony PlayStation Network is still to become normally accessible. A Twitter update says that they are heading back into no ETA territory as that network remains paralyzed by an apparent DDoS attack beginning on Christmas morning. This is giving harrowing time to gaming enthusiasts across the world.
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