Krispy Kreme Compensating PlayStation Gamers for PSN Server Outages With Free Donut
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While PlayStation continues to remain silent on the status of its servers, which appear to be slowly coming back online, many have wondered if the publisher plans to compensate players for the PSN outages. Though we think it’ll be unlikely, one company is stepping up ahead of Sony with some freebies.
That company? None other than Krispy Kreme, as they’re giving free donuts today to gamers affected by the outage.
Krispy Kreme Offering A Free Glazed Donut to All Gamers
In case anyone’s been living under a rock these past 24 hours, the PlayStation Network is down. However, as of the last hour, things appear to be slowly coming back, as features such as store access (don’t recommend buying anything), trophy list, library, friends list, and other account management features appear to be accessible. Still, online gaming seems to be affected, with many unable to play games such as GTA 5, Marvel Rivals, Fortnite, Call of Duty, and other online-centric games.
With this happening during the weekend, the time of the week when most gamers are off of work and school, many have been wondering if PlayStation has any plans to compensate for the time loss. That’s still unknown, but the doughnut-making company Krispy Kreme has heard those complaints. While they can’t do anything to get the servers back up and running, they can at least keep you a little bit busy while you wait, as they’re offering one free Original Glazed Doughnut from
Calling all gamers: this play station still works 🍩 Grab a free Original Glazed Doughnut today from 5-7 PM—because sweet rewards don’t need a server. 🎮🔥 #gaming #network #PSN #freedoughnut #krispykreme pic.twitter.com/kjB2VtosAj
— Krispy Kreme (@krispykreme) February 8, 2025
Look, free is free, though sadly for me, we haven’t had a Krispy Kreme in my state of Minnesota for over 20 years now. I’m not sure if it’s even worth a drive to get it, even if there was one here, but, hey, at least someone is showing they care. It really isn’t that hard to send out a status update every now and then, PlayStation; even if it’s good, anything is better than nothing!
Have things improved for those who have recently tried to check if the network is up?
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I guess with enough complaining and inflammatory comments on social media about being compensated for PlayStation plus when PSN is down anythings possible.