{"id":2059878,"date":"2026-07-24T13:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2059878"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:03:51","slug":"playstation-network-down-as-tens-of-thousands-of-players-queue-to-play-marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-newly-launched-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2059878","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation Network down, as tens of thousands of players queue to play Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls newly-launched beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">PlayStation Network down, as tens of thousands of players queue to play Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls newly-launched beta<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Behold the digital future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/marvel-tokon-iron-man.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Marvel Tokon Iron Man\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"marvel-tokon-iron-man.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony \/ Arc System Works<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-24T13:03:51+00:00\">July 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/psn-network-down-login-failure?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Reports of a PlayStation Network (PSN) outage are currently spiking, as many players are struggling to connect to online services.<\/p>\n<p>PlayStation users across multiple only hubs are sharing their own experiences trying to connect to the PlayStation Network. Currently, the top post on the PlayStation Reddit is titled; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/playstation\/comments\/1v58bk4\/servers_are_down_your_account_is_fine\/\">Servers are down, your account is fine<\/a>&#8220;. The rest of the Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/playstation\/new\/\">is swarming with similar posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"PlayStation - Official Celebrating 25 Years of Play Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KhRqzP5OuaM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KhRqzP5OuaM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">PlayStation &#8211; Official Celebrating 25 Years of Play Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the 25 years of PlayStation trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KhRqzP5OuaM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These community reports are backed up by <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.co.uk\/status\/playstation-network\/\">Down Detector<\/a> too, where the data shows reports of outages for the PlayStation Network spiked starting this morning. I&#8217;ve personally booted up my PS5 and have verified I cannot login to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/warframe\">Warframe<\/a> account, which is a real tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This comes at an unfortunate time given the weekend is only a few hours away, which may force PlayStation users to find something else to do with their free time. It&#8217;s even worse for fighting game fans, who were likely excited to play the Marvel Tokon open beta starting today.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know how many players have hopped into the PlayStation version of the Tokon beta, but Steam can offer insight into its popularity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/4835540\/charts\/\">According to SteamDB<\/a>, the game peaked at around 22,087 concurrent players this morning. Then, the player count dipped, likely as people had to go to work.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, the <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1364780\/charts\/\">all-time peak of Street Fighter 6<\/a> on Steam is 31,839 concurrent players. Obviously, that&#8217;s a paid product and not a free open beta. The <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1952120\/charts\/\">Street Fighter 6 open beta on Steam<\/a> hit a peak of 32,787, and we&#8217;ve not even hit the weekend yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As of writing, there&#8217;s no official statement on the PlayStation social media accounts, including the Japanese X account which has previously been among the first to issue insight into these outages. As such, we&#8217;ve little to do but wait and hope this issue is fixed soon!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Reports of a PlayStation Network (PSN) outage are currently spiking, as many players are struggling to connect to online services.<\/p>\n<p>PlayStation users across multiple only hubs are sharing their own experiences trying to connect to the PlayStation Network. Currently, the top post on the PlayStation Reddit is titled; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/playstation\/comments\/1v58bk4\/servers_are_down_your_account_is_fine\/\">Servers are down, your account is fine<\/a>&#8220;. The rest of the Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/playstation\/new\/\">is swarming with similar posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"PlayStation - Official Celebrating 25 Years of Play Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KhRqzP5OuaM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KhRqzP5OuaM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">PlayStation &#8211; Official Celebrating 25 Years of Play Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the 25 years of PlayStation trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KhRqzP5OuaM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These community reports are backed up by <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.co.uk\/status\/playstation-network\/\">Down Detector<\/a> too, where the data shows reports of outages for the PlayStation Network spiked starting this morning. I&#8217;ve personally booted up my PS5 and have verified I cannot login to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/warframe\">Warframe<\/a> account, which is a real tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This comes at an unfortunate time given the weekend is only a few hours away, which may force PlayStation users to find something else to do with their free time. It&#8217;s even worse for fighting game fans, who were likely excited to play the Marvel Tokon open beta starting today.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know how many players have hopped into the PlayStation version of the Tokon beta, but Steam can offer insight into its popularity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/4835540\/charts\/\">According to SteamDB<\/a>, the game peaked at around 22,087 concurrent players this morning. Then, the player count dipped, likely as people had to go to work.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, the <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1364780\/charts\/\">all-time peak of Street Fighter 6<\/a> on Steam is 31,839 concurrent players. Obviously, that&#8217;s a paid product and not a free open beta. The <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1952120\/charts\/\">Street Fighter 6 open beta on Steam<\/a> hit a peak of 32,787, and we&#8217;ve not even hit the weekend yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As of writing, there&#8217;s no official statement on the PlayStation social media accounts, including the Japanese X account which has previously been among the first to issue insight into these outages. As such, we&#8217;ve little to do but wait and hope this issue is fixed soon!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News PlayStation Network down, as tens of thousands of players queue to play Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls newly-launched beta Behold the digital future. 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