TechnologyPlayStationLIVEUpdated 7 mins agoMore than 5,000 reports of outages have been were logged on Downdetector by people trying to access Playstation with most unable to connect to the serverGamers have been unable to connect to Playstation(Image: AFP via Getty Images)Thousands of Brits have reported a Playstation outage with most unable to connect to the server.More than 5,000 reports of issues were logged by users in the UK by lunchtime today on Downdetector which tracks real-time online status.Some gamers are able to access the Playstation Store but have an error when trying to buy a new game while others claim they cannot access digital games in their libraries.One UK user wrote on Downdetector: "Can't load any digital games at all bought or free. Can't connect to servers to verify licences, doesn't matter what i try to load i get the same message every time."‌Today14:45 BSTAWS suffered outage in UK last weekBrits saw an Amazon Web Services outage last week with millions of companies using the platform.The company said that the issue started at 12.45am PDT on July 16 (8.45am BST) and was resolved around 1.30pm BST.A statement, AWS said: "Between 12:45 AM and 4:18 AM PDT, we experienced increased 5xx errors for CloudFront customers utilizing VPC Origins connectivity."Our engineers were automatically engaged and immediately began investigating the root cause. By 2:57 AM PDT, we identified the root cause of the issue as an internal constraint on the fleet that manages connections to private VPC origins."When this constraint was reached, the system responsible for distributing routing configuration to our network processors failed to load the updated configuration data correctly, affecting routing of VPC Origin connections. At 3:52 AM PDT, we took multiple mitigation actions that led to full recovery at 4:18 AM PDT."Now that the issue has been mitigated, customers who temporarily changed their origin type can safely revert these changes. Customers utilizing other origin types were not affected by this issue. The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally."Today14:39 BSTMore than half of Playstation user reports say issue is with serverMore than half of the reports of a problem are with the server connection.There are 52% of reports saying it is the server compared to 29% saying there is an issue with the login in and 12% are complaining about the game launch.Today14:33 BSTPeople reporting outage for 2 hours and no comment from SonyMany people are complaining of having a Playstation outage and Sony has not made a statement."I can't login to predecessor or any other online game, see my friends list, join parties etc, nothings working that requires PSN," wrote one person.Another said: "Been nearly two hours.. playstion still claiming all up an running no transparency at all..." and a further comment read: "Can’t play Rocket League, and I’m missing a Rocket League tournament. I thought it was an issue with my internet, but now see there’s a worldwide issue with PSN being down."Today14:26 BSTAmazon Web Service could be cause of problemThe majority of people reporting an outage say there is a problem with the server and the problem could well be with Amazon Web Services.At the same time as the Playstation outage, Downdetector also shows that there has been a spike this afternoon in people have a problem with Amazon Web Service.The cloud infrastructure supports much of the PlayStation Network.Today14:18 BSTNo comment from Sony on Playstation outageSony has not given a statement on the widespread PlayStation Network outage.The company's official PlayStation Service Status page continues to state that all services are operational despite thousands of user reports of a problem.Today14:16 BSTWhat we know so far as thousands report Playstation outageThousands of PlayStation users have reported problems accessing the PlayStation Network.Downdetector has logged more than 6,000 reports, with complaints surging shortly after midday.Users say they're experiencing issues including signing in and connecting to online services.Sony's official PlayStation Service Status page currently says all services are "up and running."Sony has not yet publicly acknowledged a widespread outage.Today14:14 BSTMap of outages spread around the countryPeople have reported Playstation outages up and down the country with a map showing them concentrated in cities.The greatest number of reports are in London while the next most significant area is Greater Manchester.Map showing where most outages are taking placeToday14:11 BSTMore than 6,000 reports of Playstation outageAfter midday today there were more than 6,000 people who reported that there was an outage on Playstation.Data from Downtector.co.uk shows that the numbers peaked at around 12.30pm but the numbers of reports are again rising with currently more than 4,700 people saying they have a problem.Today14:05 BST PlayStation users unable to connect to play video gamesFrustrated PlayStation users have flooded social media with complaints.One player wrote: "Anyone else's PlayStation Network down??? My WiFi is definitely working but PlayStation Network isn't."Another posted: "PlayStation servers down the second I decide I finally wanna play it, be serious right now."Meanwhile, others simply asked: "PlayStation Network down?" and "I can't log in."‌