Sony blamed an operational issue for the 20-hour service outage, which affected console gamers on the PlayStation Network over the weekend.

PlayStation Network was hit with an outage and remained offline for many users through most of Saturday leaving them frustrated.

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Sony’s PlayStation Network, which connects gamers online on its systems, experienced a massive outage that lasted about 24 hours.

The PlayStation Network has been back up and running for a bit now, after a major outage took PlayStation 5 and PS4's online features offline for roughly 24 hours at the end of last week. To make up for the extended downtime,

Sony said on Sunday that all PlayStation Plus members would automatically receive an additional five days of service, after a global outage disrupted the PlayStation Network (PSN) for about 18 hours on Friday and Saturday.

Users on social media had complained that they could not access their games after the unexplained outage began on Friday night.

Sony’s PlayStation Network is up and running Sunday after a massive outage frustrated many users unable to play online games or access its online store. TikTok made Android Package Kits available for download through its official web site.

The PlayStation Network, which connects people while playing games online on Sony PlayStation game systems, experienced outages Friday night and remained offline for many users at about 3 p.m. ET on Saturday.