PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita No Longer Shutting Down - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 July 2021 / 2,790 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment last month confirmed the rumors that the company will shut down the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3 on July 2 and PlayStation Vita on August 27. The remaining purchase functionality for the PSP will also shut down on July 2.
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has provided an update on the PlayStation Blog. PlayStation has reversed course and will no longer be shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita this summer. However, PSP commerce functionality will still shut down on July 2.
"Recently, we notified players that PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita devices was planned to end this summer," said Ryan.
"Upon further reflection, however, it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here. So today I’m happy to say that we will be keeping the PlayStation Store operational for PS3 and PS Vita devices. PSP commerce functionality will retire on July 2, 2021 as planned.
"When we initially came to the decision to end purchasing support for PS3 and PS Vita, it was born out of a number of factors, including commerce support challenges for older devices and the ability for us to focus more of our resources on newer devices where a majority of our gamers are playing on. We see now that many of you are incredibly passionate about being able to continue purchasing classic games on PS3 and PS Vita for the foreseeable future, so I’m glad we were able to find a solution to continue operations.
"I’m glad that we can keep this piece of our history alive for gamers to enjoy, while we continue to create cutting-edge new game worlds for PS4, PS5, and the next generation of VR."
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Good move
Wow, surprising move. Now how about backwards compatibility for PS1, PS2, and PS3 games on PS5. That would be some great news.
That would be awesome.
Yes it would be. I won't get my hopes too high, but a man dream right?
A couple developers already scrapped their PS Vita games. And now they get the info that they didn't need to scrap their games and could actually still release them? They definitely need to work on their communication both internal and external.
Unless those devs deleted everything, they can still pick it back up to release it.
Yes, but it's not like those people have been working on nothing since then and can now just continue working. Those people have most likely already been shifted to other projects. Just carelessly making decisions is not something you want the plattformholder you are developing for see doing. This hurts their relationships and pushes smaller developers into the hands of others.
It wasn't careless decision. It is just that vocal people complained a lot so Sony put a hold on the decision. And it have been like 2 weeks. For devs that were so upset to not have enough time to finish making their games if now they complain about having more time then they are just complaining for the sake of complaining.
Seems like they listened to the customers, now lets see if these customers will really use the store as much as they say.
Man y’all can’t even take some good news in stride without making it about console warz. Sad
Probably a stunt, just like how microsoft was going to raise the prices of xbox live and quickly changed minds.
Good move. The costs of keeping those stores up are probably better than the loss of consumer confidence in the long run. Who'd buy the PS5 Digital-Only model if they see things like this happening? This is why you invest in physical games as much as possible.
the PS5 should be powerful enough to emulate the PS3. they are now running fine on PC so im sure a dedicated team that knows what they are doing can get them running great on PS5
oh shit, I was desperately trying to get another PS3 in time before the store closed to buy the remaining games I wanted. Glad they listened and it's a good move, but I really hope this means they'll listen and give us form of proper BC as well so we don't have to worry about this again
The right move. It’s way too soon to shut down PS3 servers.
It was just a rumor so there's that...
Sony trying to get in on Volkswagen's mistimed April 1 day jokes...
Nice. Now make preparations early on, so that in the year 2567 when these people are ready to move on to the PS4, there won't be similar problems.
This is great news to read. One of the first times that I'm happy to hear from Jim Ryan.
Good news, I plan on getting some PSP and Vita content.
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