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Report: PS3, Vita, And PSP Stores To Be Permanently Closed In A Few Months
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BusierDonkey
Member
My brothers both just got Vitas. The option for them going forward is to buy everything all at once and hope the games remain re-downloadable should they ever get deleted or put on an eyepatch.
I can't imagine keeping the storefront with Vita, PSP and PS3 games up costs more than it makes. It's not like Sony has a history of going all-out on security updates. At this point they're just shunning people that still use the old platforms. The only real option is to hack the thing and find another way to get games on it.
I can't imagine keeping the storefront with Vita, PSP and PS3 games up costs more than it makes. It's not like Sony has a history of going all-out on security updates. At this point they're just shunning people that still use the old platforms. The only real option is to hack the thing and find another way to get games on it.
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
oof
jakinov
Member
That's a related issue and not the issue at hand (as far we know). The rumor is that they will stop selling. Yes what you brought up are other problems with digital but what's supposedly going to happen right now is something that happens in the physical world too which is that they don't want to put the effort in selling old games. If it turns out that they won't let you download then sure it's a digital problem being presented.
Zog
Banned
They are telling us that we should expect (and be ok with) digital stores to close down.
Zog
Banned
That will happen in the future, there is no doubt about it and when it does people will have lost purchases that they didn't have backed up. Oh and back-ups work only through the Content Manager which also relies on Sony's servers.
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
You will still be able to get your games, just not buy new ones I think. Is that everyone else's reading?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It's how it's always been, patches as well.
But they do need to come out and confirm it if the article is correct about the announcement at the end of this month.
Zog
Banned
For a time and then they will kill that feature as well.
There really needs to be some protection for consumers who buy digital.
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fart town usa
Gold Member
I spent a weekend last year downloading a bunch of old purchases onto my PS3. I didn't realize that a lot of the titles had been removed from buying due to licensing issues. I have a few gems that were removed, can't really think of anything on there that is a must own. I spent a shit ton during the PS3 era. Great time for gaming though, at least for me it was.
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my main focus for digital content is scooping up the stuff on the WiiU eShop. I made sure to get Brain Age, I guess that's the main thing required in order to soft mod the system. Haven't done that yet but probably will, just gotta do more research.
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my main focus for digital content is scooping up the stuff on the WiiU eShop. I made sure to get Brain Age, I guess that's the main thing required in order to soft mod the system. Haven't done that yet but probably will, just gotta do more research.
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Andodalf
Banned
Oof, missed this comment cus I was too busy Playing some Morrowind on my XSX with a bevy of enhancements.
Not really but I was playing it last week, and have full faith it’ll be there indefinitely.
balls of snow
Member
Really shitty, very nintendo esque move. At least give it 20 years before shutting down.
Zog
Banned
Enhancements?
Pantz
Member
Feels like potential to lose a lot of stuff for good like patches and DLC.
I could see this happening to the 360 store as well since they already migrated the compatible stuff to the current Xbox store.
There's always a chance that closing it down could mean an initiative to bring PS1-3 to PS5 in a way they couldn't before. (slim chance)
I could see this happening to the 360 store as well since they already migrated the compatible stuff to the current Xbox store.
There's always a chance that closing it down could mean an initiative to bring PS1-3 to PS5 in a way they couldn't before. (slim chance)
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Don't get me wrong, but why does there need to be any protections? I certainly wouldn't be against it, it just seems like we have to develop some good reasoning.
If a physical disc rots or ceases to work in a disc drive they don't owe you anything, how is this different? It's actually better as it doesn't have those concerns (albeit you do have others).
To be clear, not defending this practice or making apologies. I don't like it either but we need a more solid argument than "I want, so do".
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
PSP store has been closed for some time, and you can still download your digital content via the account list.
Delisted games from PS3 to the PS4 still receive patches.
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Noncanon Ship
Banned
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Because PS3 is a way bigger install base.
For my physical media comment I was talking more about reasonable amounts of time and compared to Steam and GOG. I'm new to PC Steam/GOG stuff and you still buy games that were added in the 2000s. I'm sure someone in the world is physically trading vacuum tube technology from 1950s era tech, but those are few and far between.
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DelireMan7
Member
This is why I don't like digital.
Haven't read everything: is the Psone classics transfer to new platforms ? It's the only games I would buy on the PS3 store
Haven't read everything: is the Psone classics transfer to new platforms ? It's the only games I would buy on the PS3 store
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Let's hope they have a change of heart if enough people demand it. They seemed to not mind PS4 to PS5 when that same quote was used as concern for the PS5 not playing PS4 games.
All execs speak out of both sides of their mouths, and have "changes of heart" if they see the dollar value in it.
Zog
Banned
A physical disc takes a long time to rot. I haven't ever had it happen and I have some PlayStation 1 games. If we could get some protections like 'the games will be available for re-download for 20 years' then availability might be the same length of time as it takes a game to rot (minimum).
That's the best argument for avoiding digital. They may as well say 'don't buy from us digitally because if this platform isn't successful enough, we will pull digital support from it sooner'.
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Team Andromeda
Member
Advantage XBox
MatrixReloaded101
Member
I wonder if they are doing this to flood PS Now with more PS3 games which would give people a reason to buy into the service.
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No that's the Playstation way. OG Xbox and 360 games work just fine on the XSX/XSS and Steam can still play games from over a decade and a half ago.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Sony pulling access really comes to two reason (well 3 if you combine both):
1. Not worth the costs and hassle. Hardly anyone is buying Vita and PS3 games online, so can it. No different than any company shutting down a game's MP service because it's not worth running servers for the last 12 guys playing it on Earth
2. Move people to buying newer systems, newer games, and games now have lots of mtx. I dont know. Maybe Sony research shows there's too many people still playing old games forever and those oldies had hardly any mtx like nowadays
3. Both
Kataploom
Gold Member
It is. Now, look:
Physical games are in a hard situation, does it mean it's ok to shit on them because there will be eventually no place to purchase them?
I literally see no wrong on the news regarding digital games in general, people is currently on PS4 right now (not even PS5), people that purchased their games will still have access to their catalog, who's even buying on those stores?
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Only the recompiled ones, which are a fraction of the library especially in the case of OG Xbox
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
No, but you can still download your games from the list in your account.
PSP Store closing down, content will still be available elsewhere
Not as big a deal as it sounds, to be honest.
www.vg247.com
Keihart
Member
If they do this i'm out of their ecosystem this is some hot garbage. First they make it super hard to access the legacy library and they are now gonna make it impossible? Fuck them sideways if this is true, i'm not buying shit in their ecosystem ever again and you bet i'm telling everyone i know to not do it either.
Noncanon Ship
Banned
Uh, what the hell? So according to that tweet thread, if storefronts go down...
PS3: physical
| digital 
– also blu-ray movies will stop workingPS4: physical
| digital XB1: physical
| digital (no possibility for jailbreak workaround)
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Pantz
Member
I mean more like DLC that you don't own. Guess now is the time to get it if you really want it.
Good to hear about patches.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Well, many gamers want and embrace an digital only future, so here you go.
cireza
Member
The download list that is... in the store they are removing.
Keihart
Member
how the fuck are you going to search games without the store front? Sony removed all your games from the web store which was the only way to search for shit on older systems, if they only retain the dowload lists for the old systems it's gonna be almost imposible to look for anything in your libraries unless you only own a couple of games.
This is fucking bullshit, they are doing it step by step to reduce the outrage so when they finally phase it out it doesn't come as big news.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
No, the download list that is in your account options. You don't need to go into the store to access that master list. I do it for PSP all the time on the Vita, and that store has been closed for years now.
Correct.
Driveclub was delisted, but you can still download it and receive the final patch if on disc. Bikes (add-on or standalone) can no longer be purchased, but if you already own it, it can be downloaded as well into the game.
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Zog
Banned
So fuck the consumer who invested in the platform by buying digital games. Those customers who bought physical Vita cards will have years and years to play their games but the suckers who bought digitally are just SOL.
I say again, there needs to be protections for consumers who buy digital, especially since the market is heading towards all digital.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Uh, no. You own a license to it. You can download as many times as you want.
Zog
Banned
Does it still take an eternity to load areas?
Noncanon Ship
Banned
This is real, unfortunately. Colin mentioned on his Sacred Symbols podcast that a new Vita game is coming out soon, Scourgebringer, and it's probably going to be the last one released. Here's the dev's tweets:
Their official twitter account is here, which retweets these.
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TheKingSalami
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Kokoloko85
Member
Why is it hot garbage? You can download PS4 games and stream PS3 games. Streaming aint great but its ok
Kokoloko85
Member
If the stores are closed can you still play the games?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
The overall response will be you got to move along with technology. And just because it's digital doesn't mean it can carry over to all devices even though it seems someone on a PC can still run legacy PC programs from the 90s due to its flexibility.
At some point nobody sold cassettes tapes anymore. You had to resort to trading to with friends, or now go on eBay and find a guy selling a copy of Thriller on a cassette. Or you moved to CDs. You can still buy cassettes on the used market and play it on a tape deck. But Sony is going to cut cord for some legacy PS systems. So if you want it, you got to go elsewhere. And if they are the only source (digital file to buy), their view is buy up now before the cut off date and keep your old system.
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