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PSN Struggles With PS4 European Launch

Sony limited PSN functionality in an attempt to stay online.
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Published: Dec 3, 2013 08:48 pm

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Sony’s flagship, the PS4 has recently launched in Europe, and all that extra activity nearly took the PlayStation Network offline. Sony had to take measures to prevent the PSN from going down including disabling the use of the following features:

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So if you’ve been having difficulty with codes, blame Sony. Multiplayer, purchases and downloads, trophies and all other PSN features are still online at the time of writing. Some users may be experiencing issues logging in.

 The influx in network activity is likely due to all the new PS4 owners attempting to download the 1.51 system update which enables most of the console’s features including blu-ray playback.

 

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