PSN could be down for next 48 hours

PlayStation Network could remain out of action for the next two days, Sony corporate communication boss Patrick Seybold has announced.

"While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we're able to get the service completely back up and running," reads a new update on the PlayStation Blog.

"Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we'll update you again as soon as we can."

PSN went down earlier today with many pointing the finger of blame at the Anonymous hacker group.