What is PlayStation Network?
{{Infobox video game online service |title = PlayStation Network |logo = |developer = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] |type = Online service |released = {{Start date and age|November 11, 2006}} |status = <!--Field is not for displaying online or offline. Field is for Defunct, Superseded by, etc --> |platform = [[PlayStation 3]]<br />[[PlayStation Portable]]<br />[[PlayStation Vita]]<br />[[PlayStation Mobile]] devices (discontinued)<br/>[[Playstation 4]]<br/>[[Playstation 5]] |members = 90 million<ref name=useraccounts>{{cite web|url=http://playstationlifestyle.net/2012/03/07/number-of-registered-playstation-network-accounts-reaches-90-million/|title=Number of Registered PlayStation Network Accounts Reaches 90 Million|publisher=PlayStationLifeStyle}}</ref> |website = [http://au.playstation.com/psn/ Official Australian website]<br />[http://www.playstation.ca/ Official Canada website]<br />[http://eu.playstation.com/psn/ Official European website]<br />[http://de.playstation.com/psn/ Official German website]<br/>[http://tr.playstation.com/psn/ Official Turkish website]<br />[http://in.playstation.com/psn/ Official Indian website]<br />[http://www.jp.playstation.com/psn/ Official Japanese website]<br/>[http://uk.playstation.com/psn/ Official UK website]<br />[http://us.playstation.com/psn/index.htm Official US website] }} The '''PlayStation Network''' is where you can sign up for free to play games. At one time hackers shut down the network, but later PlayStation Network returned online. PlayStation Network has a Paid service known as Playstation Plus, with three tiers. Essential, which allows online plays, Extra, which is similar to [[Xbox Game Pass]] Core, allowing for extra games, and Premium, which gives the ability to stream and download [[PlayStation]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation Portable]] games, and stream [[PlayStation 3]] games, plus the Playstation Plus Extra Library. The Playstation Network also allows access to the [[PlayStation Store]], where users can purchase and download video games for the