… Sony has yet to publicly acknowledge the PSN outage on its public-facing PlayStation Support account , but was providing updates through the aforementioned Service Status page. Over six hours after the outage began, that page showed things had returned to normal. …
Xbox explains what caused this week's 'unacceptable' major outage An executive pinned the blame on "a licensing service that sits outside of Xbox." By Kris Holt July 28, 2026 11:55 am EST Many Xbox users were unable to play games on their consoles for a large chunk of Monday . …
… DownDetector reported a spike of outage reports around 2PM ET, but as of 5:56PM ET, user complaints have fallen significantly. …
… Valve discontinued the LCD Steam Deck entirely at the end of 2025, and after a period of stock outage, Steam Deck OLED prices skyrocketed in May, with Valve blaming increasing memory and storage costs. …
… Although outages like that can be caused by natural disasters, about 80 percent stem from human activity — usually ship anchors or fishing trawlers. …
… Xbox blamed the outage on issues with a licensing service outside of Xbox, and CTO Scott Van Vliet, who took over the role in May , called it an " unacceptable situation ." Van Vliet later told The Verge that the issue shouldn't have affected the ability to play disc games on Xbox consoles, explain… …