X-box Live’s competitor, the Sony PlayStation Network, appears to be down across multiple countries including Australia, America, and parts of Europe.

A Sony employee tweeted via the official Sony Twitter account, “We’re aware that many of you are having problems connecting to PSN, and yes, we’re looking into it. Stay tuned for updates.”

The issue appears to revolve around the service not letting users login to their PlayStation Network (PSN) account, but is also presenting some users with an 8001050F error code that usually occurs when user data has become corrupt. Not being able to login to a PSN account also means some users are unable to play games at all, which require gamers to be signed in.

Mashable reported, “When they [users] try to load up certain games—including the just-released Heavy Rain—they receive the error code and the following message: ‘Registration of the trophy information could not be completed. The game will now quit.’ After the message, the system reboots.”

(article and photo source: Digital Journal)