Internet won: Sony abandoned plans to close PS Store on PS3 and PS Vita

Scheduled outage PS Store on the Playstation 3 and PS Vita postponed. This was officially announced by the President of the SIE Jim Ryan

Initially, the stores wanted to completely close on old consoles this summer, however, after massive backlash from users and developers, the head of PlayStation admitted that the company had made the wrong decision.… In the near future, PS3 and PS Vita owners will be able to continue to make digital purchases from the PS Store without any new restrictions.

“The decision to discontinue purchase features on PS3 and PS Vita was driven by a number of factors – there are many challenges to maintaining commercial functionality on older devices, and we felt it wiser to focus our resources on newer devices that the majority of gamers play on. that many of you would like to continue buying classic PS3 and PS Vita games in the near future, so I’m glad we were able to find a solution that will allow us to continue to support purchase features.

I am pleased to know that the history of older devices continues, and at the same time we continue to create new and unrivaled gaming worlds for PS4, PS5 and next generation VR systems. “

Moreover, in the case of PSP the system PlayStation Store will shutdown 2nd Julyas originally planned.

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