Is PSN Down? AWS outages take out PSN and give Twitch 2002 error to viewers
Amazon Web Services seems to be causing issues for PSN and Twitch users particularly.
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The gaming world has been taken down once again. It seems that more AWS errors have come through, taking down many gaming systems along with it. This time around, the most affected one seems to be the PlayStation Network, along with Twitch users getting the Twitch 2002 error.
Is PSN Down?
At the time of writing, many gamers around the world are searching ‘is PSN Down’. The answer to that is yes. It appears that the authentications servers and other elements of the PSN functionality. The consequence of it is a disrupted service, affecting players connecting to the PSN login servers, store, or online games.
If you’re still experiencing issues, we strongly recommend keeping an eye on the official Sony PSN status. Meanwhile, we recommend giving your console a restart, presuming you are not already in the middle of something that could see you lose your progress. It might help your console connect to the internet services that PSN use, especially if they come back online and your console isn’t checking for online servers anymore.
Moreso, it appears that there are plenty of other issues going on. For example, Twitch viewers are getting the Twitch 2002 error code. It is also down to the AWS servers having issues.
If you encounter these issues, there’s not really much you can do about it. It requires the various Amazon networking teams worldwide to fix the issues, which will help gamers around the world get back to what they love doing, gaming.
