Playstation gamers were still out of luck as of 5pm Saturday as the network continued to be down.

It's unclear just what's taking Sony so long to restore its service. Hackers hit both Microsoft's Xbox Live and Sony's Playstation Network with a DDoS attack starting Christmas Day.

Catherine Jensen, a Sony Computer Entertainment America vice president, posted: "The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay. Multiple networks, including PSN, have been affected over the last 48 hours. PSN engineers are working hard to restore full network access and online gameplay as quickly as possible.”

"From time to time there may be disruptions in service due to surges in traffic, but our engineers will be working to restore service as quickly as possible."

“If you received a PlayStation console over the holidays and have been unable to log onto the network, know that this problem is temporary and is not caused by your game console. We'll continue to keep you posted on Twitter at @AskPlayStation and we'll update this post once the problems subside," she added.

UPDATE:
At around 1 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Sunday, Sony declared its online gaming platform fixed