About a month ago, Sony said it planned to do so close PlayStation Store in some of its older systems later this summer. But today, Sony has decided to reverse course and will now continue to support the PS3 and PS Vita PS Store for the foreseeable future.
Sony’s change of heart is an important lifeline for people with older Sony consoles. The company originally planned to remove support for PlayStation Store on July 2, which would have prevented people from buying new games or video content digitally after that date.
“However, after further reflection, it’s clear we made the wrong decision here,” announced Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. blog post. “So today I’m happy to say that we will keep the PlayStation Store operational for PS3 and PS Vita devices.”
Ryan explained that Sony’s reasoning for closing the PS Store was motivated by possible commercial support issues for older platforms and the desire to focus resources on newer devices like the PS4 and PS5, where Sony says “most of our players are playing.”
It’s important to note that while Sony will continue to support the PS Store on PS3 and Vita, Sony will continue to close the PS Store on the PSP, so if there’s any PSP game you want to buy digitally at Sony, you’d better do it before July 2nd. After July 2, PSP owners will be able to download previously purchased content from the PS Store, but will no longer be able to purchase new content.
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It’s unclear how long Sony will continue to support the PS store for PS3 and PS Vita owners, but I’m betting that the company will keep it for at least another year or until the supply of new PS5s starts to stabilize.
And while Sony will continue to support the PS store on older devices, in early March Sony also announced that it will stop selling video content in the PS store in August. Games will continue to be sold, but anyone who wants to buy TV shows or movies digitally on a PlayStation will have to turn to a different content provider like Apple or Google.