After a nearly 24-hour outage that caused the PlayStation Network to be entirely unusable, Sony has offered a free gift to users, but it comes with a bit of a catch. The outage that caused all online services to go offline still has yet to be explained by Sony, but given the downtime, they felt as though users deserved a gift as an apology.
In a recent X post from the official Ask PlayStation account, Sony states they will be offering PlayStation Plus members an additional five days of service. While some users are happy with this decision, others are wondering why they chose five free days rather than explaining the issue that occurred in the first place.
While it is generous of Sony to offer any form of compensation for the outage, fans are more concerned about what caused the outage in the first place. The X post garnered a lot of attention, and while some praise Sony for their choice to give PS Plus members five extra days, others would rather know why the service was down for nearly a day. Commenter MADkurious Gamer writes, "Sweet, but can you also tell us what happened and how you’ll...