KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional five days to their subscription period. The service extension came after the PlayStation Network experienced an outage that lasted for almost 24 hours.

The extension was confirmed by both PlayStation U.S. and PlayStation Japan while PlayStation UK retweeted the announcement made by its U.S. counterpart. Meanwhile, PlayStation Asia which is the go-to official reference for PlayStation matters in Southeast Asia has yet to make any official announcement although the division also went radio silence during the global outage.

Nevertheless, we expect PS Plus subscribers in Malaysia will receive the five-day service extension too. PlayStation U.S. and PlayStation Jap...