Though PS Vita has long been discontinued, new games continue to be released on the console to this day. We are mainly talking about Japanese and indie titles, but the recent news of the closure PS Store took many developers by surprise.
According to the studio Lillymo Gamesknown for Twin Breaker and Habroxia 1-2, its employees learned about the upcoming closure of the PS Store on PS Vita from the news on the morning of April 29th, simultaneously with the whole world. The developers did not receive any warnings from the platform holder in advance, which is why they are now forced to cancel the Vita version of their next project, codenamed Forest guardian… There is still at least six months before the game is released, so the authors simply will not have time to launch it in the PS Store on PS Vita before the store closes, scheduled for August 27th.
In turn, the command Spooky Squid Gamescreating a port Russian Subway Dogs for “Vita”, announced that it is accelerating development in order to have time to release it before the PS Store closes, while the game is likely to miss a European release due to additional difficulties in submitting the project to the PEGI rating committee.
“For small developers, this is another headache in addition to the already difficult process of releasing the game on consoles. We have already passed the stage when the release of the game on Vita was appropriate, but this is one of my favorite consoles and I wanted to release on her project before everything closes, “- said the game developer Miguel Sternberg…
At the moment, a platformer is also being prepared for release on PS Vita ScourgeBringer from the developer Thomas Altenburger… The port will release next month as planned, however the shutdown of the PS Store will effectively kill the game on the platform. The same applies to many other projects, and games in which PS Vita is the only platform will find themselves in a particularly deplorable situation.
In TheGamer material, the developers shared their opinion with the journalists regarding the situation. Some believe that Sony is doing the wrong thing and, in fact, by its own hands, is pushing users to piracy on its system.…
“By removing the legitimate option, the company leaves no choice for the gamers. This is especially disappointing given how much effort Microsoft has made to preserve its library and has made great strides in doing so.”
The article also notes that after the first rumors about the closure of the PS Store appeared, one of the developers from Lillymo Games tried to contact Sony for information, but was not answered. At the same time, according to representatives of some of the more famous studios, who wished to remain anonymous, some of the developers were still warned in advance. According to Thomas Altenburger of Flying oak, his team had received hints of a store closure for a long time, but did not know exactly when it would happen.
“I can’t go into details because of the privacy policy, but it was pretty obvious where this was going.”
PlayStation Store on PS Vita will be closed August 27, but 2 july The store will permanently stop working on PSP and PS3. At the same time, users will still be able to download purchased content, as well as activate digital versions of games through vouchers and redeem codes on PS Plus to access previously received games by subscription.
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