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The people assuming that they will lose access to purchases, are the people I'm referring to.
The store going away sucks either way; but this is an uncomfirmed rumor which did not include anything about the actual downloads being inaccessible.
I would love to be wrong about this, so please, somebody, correct me, but my understanding is once your battery dies, you can no longer login to PSN. If you can't login to PSN, you can't download past purchases. Those batteries have an expected lifespan of 8-10 years, so most PS3s out there are on the cusp of a dead battery. At some point, it just doesn't make any sense for Sony to leave those games up if only refurbished consoles can access them.
Thanks for this! Could you describe a little more what you did here. So your CMOS battery in your PS3 is dead. You then started the system, but did not connect online. And then a game was able to start. Was this a physical game or a already pre-installed digital game?
This has a pretty good list. Last updated Dec 2020. I've submitted some entries to the OP in the past for updates.
Reddit - Dive into anything
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At least try to be a little critical of a multimillion dollar corporation that you like. It is not in your best interest to cheerlead penny pinching practices of grossly wealthy corporations
Yes, but it's an insane hassle to do so, you have to take apart the entire console pretty much.
But if thier reasoning is to kill psn 1.0 does that mean you can still download those you've purchased????
Sorry, what I meant was that it makes more sense from a "Making people lose faith that their future digital purchases will be secure" standpoint. I already mainly buy physical. If Sony locks away my PS3/Vita/PSP digital purchases, I'll never make another digital purchase on PSN again. Why would I, when Sony will inevitably make them inaccessible?
Yeah, I hear that. My Vita is all digital mostly because of PS+. Looks like I need two more official 64 gig cards, or a 256 custom one to ensure I don't lose anything.
My vita is on 3.73 already which just makes this all way over my head, may look into some idiot proof guides. lol
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Holy crap. They're really going to pack it all up, downloads and everything, with this? I assumed we were just looking at the store frontend going away.
I thought this comment was interesting.
The CDNs I've worked with function as a cache. When one user requests a file from a particular location in the world, the closest CDN node pulls the file from your backend and stores it for a set time while serving it to other users in the same location.
That poster might be thinking of manual cache invalidations, which you'd do if you've modified the file at the backend and want to immediately propagate those changes to edge nodes that have a now stale copy. This is more expensive, because it has to go around to every node that has the file.
IIRC Sony is on AWS (?), where you'd just disable the CloudFront distribution and the files will eventually expire at the edge nodes (if AWS just doesn't do it immediately). This doesn't cost anything AFAIK.
The processor has nothing to do with maintaining api support in the backend and providing minimal updates for security when needed.
I've been getting this for the past hour or so too. It's fine until I try to purchase. Also been able to download demos fine.
Here you go: https://vita.hacks.guide/get-started
This is the guide for setting up SD2Vita: https://vita.hacks.guide/storagemgr
I thought this comment was interesting.
Wait, that comment doesn't make sense. It's referencing PlayStation Mobile but that shut down including the ability to redownload your purchases. However, it seems to imply that the content is still somehow accessible. Is there a way to access PlayStation Mobile content still or what is that reply trying to say?
I mean, the download history wherein you would access old downloads is located under the PSN Store frontend, so...yeah.
Yes, there's apparently a way to do so that can't really be described on this forum.
The person who wrote that comment essentially started/runs something called NoPaystation.
The files are still sitting on Sony's servers, they just removed the licensing activation and the download list. People pirating those games directly from Sony's servers.
You can open and browse the PSP store in 2021 and it was officially closed in 2016.
How easy is it to hook up a backup hard drive to a stock 60gb backwards compatible system with updated firmware? I have a ton of games I own and that I need to redownload ASAP.
Oh interesting. I had no idea the content was still accessible in some way on their servers.
Moving is stressful enough, now I'm stressing over the best route to backup as much of my PS3/Vita libraries as possible in the middle of one. 2021 has been a wonderful year so far /s
Alright thanks. I assume before I do all that I need to of backed up all my games to my PC first? Or can I access the store after?
Alright thanks. I assume before I do all that I need to of backed up all my games to my PC first? Or can I access the store after?
Wow. This is crazy. Not only does it prevent you from playing digital games already existing on the hard drive, but it prevents disc playback as well. Am I understanding this correctly?
I mean, if Sony cared they could absolutely get PS3 support on PS5. Cell's not really the issue.
I don't know if you've resolved it yet, but are you trying to pay with a credit card by any chance? I don't think you can actually use a credit card on the PS3 version of the store anymore. I got an error trying to do that about a week ago; instead, I got a digital gift card and used that to pay. Paypal may work, not sure though.
If you weren't trying to use a credit card, then nevermind lol.
Well, seeing it was their first foray into digital games makes sense. This is why I prefer the platform approach that MS is looking to embrace, where consoles are clients.
yes
Been having this issue lately. Switching my internet connection off and on again solves it for me.uh oh. Anybody else having trouble using the old psn store. It worked earlier for me.
Yeah, it's down for me too. Lots of people begins hoarding up stuff I guess.uh oh. Anybody else having trouble using the old psn store. It worked earlier for me.
That, I'm not 100 percent sure on. I've heard of people using the hack to trick PSN into thinking it's a different firmware than it actually is to access the store but I'd play it safe and wait until you've bought and transferred everything before doing it. I'm still waiting to buy the last remaining Vita games on my wishlist before I hack it.
Is this CMOS battery thing unique to playstation or does xbox and Nintendo also have this ticking time bomb?
Does this mean they figured out Backwards compatibility? It seems crazy to shut down storefronts like this.
I think they want to push PSNow as the definitive BC experience even though it's still severely lacking in games that are already available on PS3/PSP/Vita. It's dumb as hell.
The CMOS battery will die in everything eventually. But this stuff about needing to connect to the internet so you can use your console after replacing the battery is an exclusive feature to PS4 afaik.
Also, in some consoles it's a lot easier to replace them.
Agreed. To me this either means that Sony figured out a way to run a BC mode on PS4/PS5 so you can download games from older gens or they are just assholes.
For Nintendo, the GameCube, wii, and wii u uses CMOS. Not sure for handhelds.
Only the OG Xbox uses CMOS. The 360 on does not.
I think the stuff about games becoming unplayable due to no internet connetion/date and time is a playstation only thing.
This is the first I've heard of this. My 8MB memory card has been in my vita since launch date. I need to figure out some stuff and get everything that I want and then have a back up for it.
One day the PS5, and even sooner, the PS4, becomes those old consoles. I still have my PS3 and 360 hooked up, as well as my wiiu and Dreamcast. Preservation is something that I didn't know I'd have to take seriously but now I do. I just have been trained to not buy games on Sony consoles that can be obtained from other places and never digitally again.
Good, now complete the circle and stop doing it on any console. If history has taught us anything, no one can be trusted with digital storefronts.
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Original Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Indie Games
Original Xbox DLC
DSi eShop
Wii eShop
OnLive
GameTap
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Microsoft moves forward by looking backwards
Sony moves backwards by looking forward
It's crazy that I went from always buying physical to being being confident enough to go fully digital on one platform and being afraid to try and build a library at all on the other, and this only justifies that choice further.
Sony moves backwards by looking forward
It's crazy that I went from always buying physical to being being confident enough to go fully digital on one platform and being afraid to try and build a library at all on the other, and this only justifies that choice further.
I finally switched my 80GB PS3 hard drive to a 500GB one I had laying around, went through installing and all, and am now redownloading all my games. I backed up my saves to a USB stick.
Good god the PS3 PS Store UI is AWFUL now.
It's also annoying there's no "download all" button and you have to go click each game individually, and then wait almost a minute to have each one background download.
At least this way I won't lose my chance to play the Digital Devil Saga and Raidou games though.
Good god the PS3 PS Store UI is AWFUL now.
It's also annoying there's no "download all" button and you have to go click each game individually, and then wait almost a minute to have each one background download.
At least this way I won't lose my chance to play the Digital Devil Saga and Raidou games though.
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