{"id":16718,"date":"2025-12-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T04:00:00","slug":"psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#PSN, Fortnite Down as Servers Melt on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span 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Servers Melt on Christmas Day 1\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Spare a thought for the tireless engineers who will be working hard to keep your favourite services online today.<\/p>\n<p>A spike of users as we creep into Christmas has temporarily taken Fortnite offline, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimSweeneyEpic\/status\/2004019861807374671\">Epic\u2019s Tim Sweeney stating<\/a> \u201cthe servers are melting down, sorry fam\u201d.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/timsweeneyepic\/status\/2004019861807374671 @ 2025-12-25T04:12:22+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The servers are melting down, sorry fam. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ByNF5TN2D9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ByNF5TN2D9<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GoTFS5lb6r\">pic.twitter.com\/GoTFS5lb6r<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSweeneyEpic\/status\/2004019861807374671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>To be fair, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/2004026257911239100\">Fortnite Status<\/a> account has been quick to respond to the issues, and while it warns players not having problems may be booted, it\u2019s all part of its efforts to \u201cbring [the game] back online and restore matchmaking to normal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/playstation-network\/\">PSN has also succumb to problems<\/a>, although its snags are far less widespread right now and you should be able to connect without too many issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" 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class=\"related-content\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<section class=\"block author\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>About <span class=\"accent\">Sammy Barker<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/photo\/0\/avatar.jpg?v=1709294233\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sammy Barker\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"icon icon-profile\"><\/span> Author Profile<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/get2sammyb.bsky.social\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return replyTo('get2sammyb');\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert with-label centered block lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_G694CEF9811F38\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px;display:flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items:center; justify-content: center;\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-foot-after-author\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments-list\">\n<section id=\"comments\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Comments <span class=\"counter comment-count\">8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"comments hidden-comments\" data-subject=\"dgp:news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day\">\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960499\" data-author=\"users\/318243\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960499\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960499\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/318243\/avatar.jpg?v=1725256637\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LifeGirl\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960499\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LifeGirl<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T05:04:01+00:00\">2 hours ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Christmas is a magical time of year for those fortunate enough to have family or friends that you love. It is also one of the hardest if you do not. The rates of self ending, domestic violence and divorce are statistically at the highest until the start of January.<\/p>\n<p>Basically what i&#8217;m saying is, for many people, the ability to enter a fantasy world and pretend to be someone else for a while is literally a lifesaver today. God bless the IT guys for being there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960504\" data-author=\"users\/341664\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960504\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960504\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/341664\/avatar.jpg?v=1755618524\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PuppetMaster\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960504\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PuppetMaster<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T05:29:45+00:00\">2 hours ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Good thing i didn&#8217;t played Fortnite but my sympathy for the ones who can&#8217;t played it because of server issues. Although, it&#8217;s a good timing to play single player games right?<\/p>\n<p>Currently i&#8217;m having fun with Tormented Souls 1, Strikers 1945-II, NG Sigma Plus, FF VI, and a bunch of single player games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960506\" data-author=\"users\/270819\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960506\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960506\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/270819\/avatar.jpg?v=1607392455\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SteveJaye\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960506\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SteveJaye<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T06:14:22+00:00\">1 hour ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Hopped on a few hours ago to play with my sister and my brother in law. Had a few beers and legal(canada) weed in us and after the second game it went down. Sad. It&#8217;s still down for anyone wondering.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960518\" data-author=\"users\/176158\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960518\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960518\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/176158\/avatar.jpg?v=1527335320\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nakatomi_Uk\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960518\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nakatomi_Uk<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T07:06:17+00:00\">56 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Hopefully it&#8217;s not down for long obviously it&#8217;s new consoles coming online because they did drop the price to around \u00a3350 for the disc console a month ago. But probably some idiots think it&#8217;s funny to try and cause some DDOs attacks. But hopefully it&#8217;s not like PS4 when I got mine for Xmas day I had to wait 10hrs to download Batman Arkham Knight patch lol<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960522\" data-author=\"users\/324429\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960522\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960522\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324429\/avatar.jpg?v=1677288447\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MidnightDragonDX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960522\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MidnightDragonDX<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T07:14:44+00:00\">47 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Steam was also down for a good hunk of Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960524\" data-author=\"users\/267752\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960524\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960524\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/267752\/avatar.jpg?v=1595394648\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Brockybrock\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960524\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brockybrock<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T07:42:15+00:00\">20 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I hope those engineers get triple double pay!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960525\" data-author=\"users\/332393\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960525\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8960525\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332393\/avatar.jpg?v=1766324121\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"OldGamer999\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960525\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OldGamer999<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T07:43:02+00:00\">19 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It\u2019s amazing the sales of the PS5 this year. <br \/>In the UK you can still get today all the PS5 range at the reduced prices, not sure how long it\u2019s going on for, including Pro at \u00a3560. <br \/>Argos and Smyths toys.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8960526\" data-author=\"users\/324253\" data-subject=\"comments\/8960526\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8960526\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Krlozgod\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comment8960526\">8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Krlozgod<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-12-25T07:46:49+00:00\">15 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>They should leave it down for at least until tomorrow. Kids and specially adults should be spending their time with family and friends today.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; this.classList.add('loading'); return false\" href=\"news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day#comments\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Show Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"reply\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Leave A Comment<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"empty\">Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-group optional\">\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_J694CEF9812C5B\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px;display:flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items:center; justify-content: center;\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-after-comments\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/related\/articles\/fortnite,psn @ 1766648417 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles-2\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/623ce52439e3b\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PSN, Fortnite Down as Servers Melt on Christmas Day\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">PSN, Fortnite Down as Servers Melt on Christmas Day<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">This was predictable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/a53dd15d34976\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Don't Forget to Unwrap Your Winterfest Free Gifts in Fortnite Every Day\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">Don&#8217;t Forget to Unwrap Your Winterfest Free Gifts in Fortnite Every Day<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">The most wonderful time of the year<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_T694CEF9812CF3\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px;display:flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items:center; justify-content: center;\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-after-related-articles\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2025\/12\/psn-fortnite-down-as-servers-melt-on-christmas-day\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSN, Fortnite Down as Servers Melt on Christmas Day Spare a thought for the tireless engineers who will be working hard to keep your favourite services online today. 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