[RUMOR] PSP’s and PS3’s stores are to be closed on July 2

[djpannda]

via a source: "PSP’s and PS3’s [PSN] stores are to be closed on July 2, while the PS Vita store will stay open until August 27. After those dates, you will no longer be able to purchase digital copies of games or DLC for any of the Sony consoles mentioned above." https://t.co/oJwY4CDTvN

— Wario64 (@Wario64) March 22, 2021

Horrible News as Sony has decided of close the PSN for PSP and on July 2 and Vita on Aug 27.
So make sure everyone downloads everything you want now.
End of an Era

 

[Louse]

"You were good son, maybe even the best''

-rocket man tf2, on the subject of psn​

 

[godreborn]

maybe a stupid question, but you can still sync trophies and saves, correct?

 

[Deleted User]

damn, I hope that everything has been archived until then...

 

[ZoNtendo]

this is why digital is inferior to physical

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I'll go with a big fat massive "Doubt" until Sony themselves announce it. Source: Someone very close to the situation (see, I can say that, too!)


And even if they did remove the ability to buy new games, they're 100% never going to just delete them from their server so you can never download them again. Fear mongering "BETTER DOWNLOAD YOUR GAMES NOW!!!" is silly.

 

[godreborn]

yeah, it's like that with the wii. you can still download games you own, just not buy new games. you can even use nus, but it will 404 error on the ticket (the game will download though).

 

[Deleted member 323844]

I hope not.

Legendary DoCoMo's platform i-Mode is also closing the shop this year. You could still download games until 2027 I think, but still sad news.

 

[CMDreamer]

We never really own digital games. That's why I prefer physical copies instead.

 

[Deleted member 534570]

Highly doubtful considering the fact that the recent store.playstation only views PS5 games rather than all the other consoles like it previously did.

 

[Deleted member 323844]

We never really own digital games. That's why I prefer physical copies instead.

Considering 90% of physical games have 0-day patches nowdays, you barely own physical games.

 

[chrisrlink]

sucks if true i just hop they'll leave sites alone to kill off ps3 via the store and Piracy will just nail the coffin shut for me and vita too though vita is pretty much archived at this point,i mean I can see them dmcaing games hat they plan to remaster but doing every single one is just plain pr suicide

 

[Jayro]

Why are they even still up? Those should have died out LONG before the PS5 launched. Like, when the PS4 Pro came out would have been a good time.

 

[Louse]

damn, I hope that everything has been archived until then...

be the change you want to see in the world

 

[Deleted User]

be the change you want to see in the world

I already "have" everything archived from NPS - Vita stuff. Can't really do more than that.

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

well f in the chat

 

[CMDreamer]

Considering 90% of physical games have 0-day patches nowdays, you barely own physical games.

Mind to show and example of this? Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 323844]

Mind to show and example of this? Thanks.

Most AAA physical games have an important, normally required, patch the same day they are published. So your disc is basically an uncomplete game, broken game or barely working game.

Cyberpunk, for example, is still a junk when it comes to bugs and stability, but at least patches have solved some problems. Physical copies will be pretty useless when patch servers close.

 

[CMDreamer]

Most AAA physical games have an important, normally required, patch the same day they are published. So your disc is basically an uncomplete game, broken game or barely working game.

Cyberpunk, for example, is still a junk when it comes to bugs and stability, but at least patches have solved some problems. Physical copies will be pretty useless when patch servers close.

Oh I see!
That was the main reason for not buying any XBOX related consoles/games. My nephew's best friend has an XBOX (don't know which one though) but one day my nephew borrowed it from his friend and tried playing Halo Collection (or something like that) and to be able to play it he had to download ~60 GB of content first! The effin' disk was just the key/license for the game, that sucks!
Don't know if Playstation games are like that, and I really don't care, because I won't buy neither.

I'm more a Nintendo player, because I don't care if games look "high-end" graphically speaking while being a complete junk in therms of gameplay, I prefer them being enjoyable and fun, Nintendo provides me precisely that.