India, March 22 -- Sony PlayStation Network appeared to be down for thousands on Saturday as many flocked to social media to voice their complaints. Downdetector logged over 8,000 people facing issues at the time of writing.

As per Downdetector, most people faced issues with server connection, while some could not login as well. The problem appeared to be worldwide. The site also noted that users appeared to begin facing problems from 4:16pm ET.

One person wrote "Just turned on the console and it crashes right away. LOL," as X translated from Indonesian. Another added in French "Le PSN est down ou quoi ??? [Is PSN down or what?]". Yet another chimed in saying "PSN EST DOWN!".

Many complained about their PS5 servers being down as well, ...