After rumors began brewing that Sony might finally put an end to PlayStation Store access on some of its older systems, the company has finally confirmed what some fans feared. Starting later this year, support for the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable will be ending. As of today, they’ve also shut down the old web store that allowed customers to purchase games for those platforms on their computer. This decision comes as a result of Sony wanting to unify and focus on their more modern and current systems: the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The PSP and PS3’s store access will be the first to go, on July 2, 2021, with the Vita to follow shortly after on August 27th. Players will still be able to download their already purchased games even after those dates, but once July and August rolls around, any digital games for those platforms will become unavailable to buy.

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[chrisrlink]

well at least a certain pkg app should still work they jus need to doubletime efforts to dump the activation files there about 90% done iirc

 

[Payne]

Meant to ask about this in thread yesterday, but can we still play backups of Digital-only games?

 

[xdarkx]

I will just leave this here:
https://www.vg247.com/2017/06/05/wh...sonys-jim-ryan-about-backwards-compatibility/

 

[TR_mahmutpek]

everybody gangsta till sony legalize piracy

 

[chrisrlink]

https://memegenerator.net/img/insta...ore-is-closing-vader-nooooooooooooooooooo.jpg I cannot seem to post it but sums things up

 

[DS1]

Be sure to grab that Japan-only Rival Schools game while you can. The rip floating around on the internet is bugged, and I haven’t seen a physical copy in about 15 years.

https://capcom.fandom.com/wiki/Nekketsu_Seisyun_Nikki_2

 

[kevin corms]

Time to back your stuff up! They had a good run, its hard to find most ps3 games anywhere these days now. When I do find ps3 games, they are usually priced at rip off prices.

 

[zoogie]

Do any of these platforms, PSP, PS3, Vita, need a shop download to hac?

 

[Hells Malice]

Hold up you're telling me the PSP still has support?

What the hell

Well, good thing they're all pretty easily moddable these days.

 

[TwinsUltra64]

This is a shame

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And then companies wonder why so many people resort to piracy

Exactly

 

[pedro702]

And exactly as I expected when this was just a rumor, you can still download your purchases just fine, so all the idiots doomsaying and telling you to "QUICK DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR GAMES BEFORE THEY'RE GONE FOR GOOD!!!!" just wasted a whole lot of time and bandwidth for no reason.

So long as they allow you to continue downloading your purchases, I don't really care if they close the digital store personally. I've already played whatever PS3/PSP/Vita games I've wanted to play, so it's no great loss to me.

well first they will stop you from buying then in a year or two they will close it for good, they wont be making any money from it anymore becuase people cant buy anything so the servers will just start to be an expense with nothing to give for, give it a year or 2 and you will see, they dont have to keep servers going for 20+years or more, there is no law that says so.

 

[deinonychus71]

I mean this was bound to happen. And it will happen to every MMO we play today as well. At least you can still download your games for the time being but even that will come to an end eventually, it is inevitable (Mr. Anderson).

Now, the smart move would have been to "unlock" all ps3 before that happens... aka letting players permanently decrypt their HDD so they can backup their games.

Also no, physical is not better, because very few games ship complete these days anyway.
I wouldn't play Smash without Banjo

Physical is still good for collection purposes, but don't count on it as a permanent way to play your games.

 

[StrayGuitarist]

Main thing that upsets me in this situation is the impact on Rock Band. As a huge fan, it's frustrating, or in most cases, impossible to track down individual song DLCs for a console, as most sites just don't host downloads for them, and the ones that do are incomplete. So, buying them on the official storefront is about your only option. I mainly play on Xbox 360, but I still do often use my PS3 for it, and since my 360's RGH'd, I can't go online to download the DLCs there.. The Wii Shop Channel has long since disappeared, and soon, the PS3 shop is going away. Sure, you can still play most of these songs on Rock Band 4, and get them on the PS4/Xbox One storefronts, but who's to say Harmonix will make a fifth game for the later generations, and have those songs on the next storefront?

Besides, for a company that makes as much money as Sony does, with how they charge monthly for online access, is it really much of a burden to keep your customers happy, and willing to trust you, by continuing to support it?

 

[Silent_Gunner]

I think it's admirable to be against pirating new games, but just plain stupid to be against pirating old games that you have little or no chance of playing anywhere else.

*Anything Marvel Vs. Capcom does an aeriel rave*

 

[depaul]

Well... well...I am not really upset at all...
That way I will download all my PS1/PS2/PSP/PS3 games and play them, and not feel guilty.

 

[Deleted User]

Well... well...I am not really upset at all...
That way I will download all my PS1/PS2/PSP/PS3 games and play them, and not feel guilty.

Oh was I supposed to feel guilty before?

 

[Goemonz]

On the plus side, maybe they'll stop releasing new PS3 firmware updates that brick people's consoles whenever they do stuff Sony doesn't like.

And maybe it will end game updates that they force you to install before playing. Those things take forever and when you're done, everything is exactly the same. I can't stand them.

 

[the_randomizer]

Yup, Sony is encouraging piracy. F*ck a digital only future.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

seems [WAREZ] is going to get a lot of traction

I don't see it being particularly useful if they're still splitting files and not downloading anything after the first GB.

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Good thing all 3 of those platforms were hacked to pieces, and it's pretty easy to find pretty much every digital game online.

Except for the fact that many PS3s can't run a full CFW yet, which (apparently) has better compatibility than Hen.

 

[grey72]

Time to fire up nps browser and really fill up my hard drive