PlayStation Network data dump reveals extent of PSN issues
PSN down is a phrase we've heard regularly over the past year or so. This data shows the extent of the PlayStation Network issues.
By Simon Sayers on 19 October 2016
Before we begin, let’s make something clear. The following PlayStation Network data dump refers to the U.S. only, but does reveal the extent of the PSN downtime over the last fifteen months, showcasing its instability.
The following data was apparently mined by Reddit user ton2010. He says:
“I keep logs of the bot's activities and wanted to do something special with a full year's worth of PSN Status data, but life/work kept getting in the way.”
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He’s revealed his findings from data mined from the official PlayStation Network status page in the U.S.
PSN down over 70 times in last 15 months
According to him, the bot checks the PSN status every minute. The data he’s discovered also takes into account that it’s possible that only one service was effected rather than the whole PSN being down on a particular day.
Here’s the full dump. The word "intermittent" refers to any time that one or more services on the PlayStation Network were down.
07/07/15 12:00am - Online
07/07/15 01:05pm - Intermittent
07/07/15 07:17pm - Online
07/08/15 08:37pm - Intermittent
07/08/15 10:12pm - Online
07/14/15 04:31pm - Intermittent
07/14/15 05:22pm - Online
07/31/15 01:43am - Intermittent
07/31/15 04:11am - Online
08/02/15 08:02am - Intermittent
08/02/15 10:14am - Online
08/11/15 07:44pm - Intermittent
08/11/15 09:12pm - Online
08/22/15 05:44pm - Intermittent
08/22/15 06:58pm - Online
08/24/15 03:51am - Intermittent
08/24/15 06:02am - Online
08/30/15 10:01am - Intermittent
08/30/15 10:26am - Online
09/01/15 04:29am - Intermittent
09/01/15 06:43am - Online
09/01/15 07:02pm - Intermittent
09/01/15 07:12pm - Online
09/18/15 03:58pm - Intermittent
09/18/15 04:27pm - Online
09/19/15 03:21pm - Intermittent
09/19/15 06:39pm - Online
09/23/15 03:41pm - Intermittent
09/23/15 04:00pm - Online
10/09/15 01:34pm - Intermittent
10/09/15 04:06pm - Online
10/14/15 01:06am - Intermittent
10/14/15 03:17am - Online
11/06/15 03:02pm - Intermittent
11/06/15 03:32pm - Online
11/20/15 03:29pm - Intermittent
11/20/15 04:58pm - Online
11/24/15 05:53am - Intermittent
11/24/15 06:07am - Online
11/27/15 10:27am - Intermittent
11/27/15 12:03pm - Online
11/27/15 10:31pm - Intermittent
11/27/15 10:44pm - Online
11/28/15 12:07am - Intermittent
11/28/15 01:08am - Online
11/28/15 08:20am - Intermittent
11/28/15 09:01am - Online
01/04/16 11:01am - Intermittent
01/04/16 10:15pm - Online
01/06/16 08:24am - Intermittent
01/06/16 10:39am - Online
01/07/16 01:55pm - Intermittent
01/07/16 02:47pm - Online
01/21/16 01:06pm - Intermittent
01/21/16 02:00pm - Online
02/12/16 11:45pm - Intermittent
02/12/16 11:55pm - Online
02/24/16 03:35pm - Intermittent
02/24/16 03:36pm - Online
02/24/16 03:39pm - Intermittent
02/24/16 08:06pm - Online
02/26/16 05:19pm - Intermittent
02/26/16 05:24pm - Online
03/02/16 12:33am - Maintenance
03/02/16 02:30am - Online
03/09/16 01:32am - Intermittent
03/09/16 02:30am - Online
03/19/16 02:24am - Intermittent
03/19/16 03:52am - Online
03/23/16 10:25pm - Intermittent
03/24/16 02:58am - Online
04/04/16 09:56pm - Intermittent
04/04/16 11:35pm - Online
04/12/16 03:59pm - Intermittent
04/12/16 04:37pm - Online
04/18/16 08:53am - Intermittent
04/18/16 10:34am - Online
04/20/16 03:07am - Intermittent
04/20/16 03:12am - Online
04/21/16 01:35am - Maintenance
04/21/16 03:10am - Online
04/29/16 05:51pm - Intermittent
04/29/16 05:56pm - Online
05/04/16 11:26am - Intermittent
05/04/16 11:30am - Online
05/11/16 03:42pm - Intermittent
05/11/16 04:20pm - Online
05/25/16 12:34am - Maintenance
05/25/16 01:40am - Online
06/02/16 04:49pm - Intermittent
06/02/16 05:24pm - Online
06/03/16 06:37pm - Intermittent
06/03/16 08:22pm - Online
06/07/16 01:58pm - Intermittent
06/07/16 06:30pm - Online
06/17/16 02:14pm - Intermittent
06/17/16 02:19pm - Online
06/23/16 01:34am - Maintenance
06/23/16 02:08am - Online
06/28/16 12:35pm - Intermittent
06/28/16 02:50pm - Online
07/07/16 04:47pm - Intermittent
07/07/16 05:29pm - Online
07/07/16 10:54pm - Intermittent
07/07/16 11:08pm - Online
07/19/16 12:35am - Maintenance
07/19/16 01:17am - Online
08/02/16 04:08am - Intermittent
08/02/16 04:43am - Online
08/24/16 02:20am - Maintenance
08/24/16 03:18am - Online
08/26/16 11:52am - Intermittent
08/26/16 12:17pm - Online
09/01/16 07:45pm - Offline
09/01/16 09:20pm - Intermittent
09/01/16 09:43pm - Online
09/01/16 09:48pm - Intermittent
09/01/16 09:58pm - Online
09/06/16 05:18pm - Intermittent
09/06/16 10:34pm - Online
09/11/16 02:26pm - Intermittent
09/11/16 02:45pm - Online
09/13/16 01:22pm - Intermittent
09/13/16 02:53pm - Online
09/19/16 12:31am - Maintenance
09/19/16 01:13am - Online
09/19/16 01:22am - Maintenance
09/19/16 01:50am - Online
10/03/16 06:15pm - Intermittent
10/03/16 11:12pm - Online
10/11/16 04:41am - Intermittent
10/11/16 08:06am - Online
10/14/16 01:25pm - Intermittent
10/14/16 01:48pm - Online
10/14/16 04:24pm - Intermittent
10/14/16 06:30pm - Online
10/17/16 02:06pm - Intermittent
10/17/16 02:25pm - Online
10/18/16 10:57pm - Intermittent
10/18/16 11:51pm - Online
10/19/16 04:58am - Intermittent
10/19/16 06:40am - Online
What it shows is that the PlayStation Network has suffered issues, where users weren’t able to access some services, over 70 times since July 2015.This does include scheduled maintenance, but it also puts into context the amount of downtime there’s been for PS4 players.
Apart from the odd DDoS attack, there's rarely an explanation from Sony as to why the PSN servers appear to suffer problems on a weekly basis. Stay tuned though, because we have some very interesting data been given exclusively to us that compares PlayStation Network downtime with Xbox Live issues over the past year. Let's put this into context tomorrow, because it seems our friends at Microsoft are very much in the same boat.
http://www.psu.com/news/31402/playstation-network-psn-issues
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