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yes and that is the sad part the digital future. It's getting to the point that even physical games are just an extension of digital games, and their temporary nature. i am actually grateful the switch uses cartridges. cartridges still house the complete game outside dlc. but eventually even they will become just download discs. solidifying the nature of the death of physical media
They should just move the games to the PS4/PS5 store. They'll need to build new emulators, but they had a PS2 emulator on the PS3 of all things.
Lots of great Vita and PSP software will also be lost.
Better to wait until it's official. They're not gonna announce that they're closing it the next day, so there will be time.
If I were to guess, I'd say it's probably the fact that they have to maintain legacy systems and maybe account for the older consoles when developing anything new, and whatever digital revenue PS3 and Vita games (let alone PSP, which you can't even connect to today's WiFi networks IIRC) are still bringing in is not significant enough to warrant that hindrance. The systems themselves are either EOL or basically only receive the minimum amount of firmware updates to keep them working and to prevent CFW. They're not going to go back and integrate any store changes into these consoles.
Who knows, but probably not. Sony's focus seems to lie elsewhere, for better or worse.
Yes, this is most likely what it'll be.
If I were to guess, I'd say it's probably the fact that they have to maintain legacy systems and maybe account for the older consoles when developing anything new, and whatever digital revenue PS3 and Vita games (let alone PSP, which you can't even connect to today's WiFi networks IIRC) are still bringing in is not significant enough to warrant that hindrance. The systems themselves are either EOL or basically only receive the minimum amount of firmware updates to keep them working and to prevent CFW. They're not going to go back and integrate any store changes into these consoles.
Who knows, but probably not. Sony's focus seems to lie elsewhere, for better or worse.
Yes, this is most likely what it'll be.
Not only PS4/PS5 doesn't have bc with PS3/PS1/PS2/Vita, Sony "is" killing its legacy.
It's understandable that those stores are probably a ghost town at the moment. But what a s*** show.
It's understandable that those stores are probably a ghost town at the moment. But what a s*** show.
Oh wow, I had forgotten to get these. Thanks for the reminder.Jesus christ.
Be sure to pick up the Persona 2 duology!
Same, I was ready to start investing more into ps4 early in last gen digitally but when xbox introduced it bc program I'm like nah, other than exclusives ALL my third party digital with be on xbox for longevity. Yes I know ps4 is bc on ps5 but what about when ps6 rolls around. How long will I be able to buy ps4 games then?
That sucks if it's real...Haven't done any modifications on any of my hardware and I still buy ps1 and ps3 games every now and then but it looks like Sony wants the only viable way forward to be...
Oh well, the bright side *for me* is that my 2 unopened copies of Elminage Original for PSP that I bought back when it was released will have their value dramatically shot up and as such I might be able to finally afford a new graphics card for my PC in the near future :D
Oh well, the bright side *for me* is that my 2 unopened copies of Elminage Original for PSP that I bought back when it was released will have their value dramatically shot up and as such I might be able to finally afford a new graphics card for my PC in the near future :D
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Close as we're likely going to get until Sony themselves confirms. Massive bummer, I've a tonne of digital PS3 and Vita games I'm going to have to back up, and this doesn't inspire confidence in Sony keeping PS4 and later PS5 games around in the future.
not even the 360 is fully backwards compatible 100s of xbox games are still unplayable on the 360, even less if you own the OG prepatched
You know, a couple of months back I decided to download a bunch of games I had on my PS3 just in case this would happen. What promoted me was the fact that the PS3 store currently has a bug where the purchase button is not visible. It is there and you can press it but you have to know what buttons to press. Since it has been like this for a while without a fix, I figured they were getting ready to shut it down.
Well yeah thats one way to look at trashing legacy I guess?
I am a GIANT fan of the Ico-SotC Remaster, miles more faithful than the SotC remake (with Icon added in).
I didn't say it didn't? I mean, this does really suck, yeah. I'm just saying that's probably their reasoning behind it.
This is sad news for me. Just started collecting again for the ps3 and had some PSN titles in my wishlist just in case but it seems my hand is forced in buying them since physicals for some are super rare.
Any must buy PSN titles for the PS3?
Any must buy PSN titles for the PS3?
Truly disappointing honestly. Hopefully I'll still be able to download my purchased games in that case, but I have my doubts about that. They're killing these stores off way to soon, and this is an incredibly short sighted move for them as well.
Let's just hope that the whole report is fake
Let's just hope that the whole report is fake
I've got a bunch of games saved to my PS3 HDD - I assume if that was to crap out and I got a replacement then I would no longer be able to re-download those titles?
If I was to run a back up does anyone know if that would back up my games? Would definitely back up my games to a HDD for future if so.
If I was to run a back up does anyone know if that would back up my games? Would definitely back up my games to a HDD for future if so.
At least from PS4 onwards they're taking steps to forward proof purchases and likely make these titles available to buy in the future.
PS3 and previous gens though... they're cut off I guess.
Couldn't they just create emulators for those 3 platforms? You can't tell me a PS3 emulator is impossible for them on PS5 hardware. Kinda blows.
I think what people meant is that you can still download your purchases. It is important to note that you will be able to download anything you purchased indefinitely. I don't think anyone who is pro-digital future ever really thought that any of these stores would stay online forever. As you mentioned in your post, all three companies have shut down stores.
It's expected but also disappointing. Eventually we'll lose access to download our digital PS3 games a well.
As much as I may dislike the PC platform here and there it's still my long term platform. Anything that I REALLY want to keep forever, I get on PC. The store page for Counter Strike is still up.
edit: To be fair, even the PC isn't perfect. There's too many old games that are unplayable on Windows 10 without patches being applied.
As much as I may dislike the PC platform here and there it's still my long term platform. Anything that I REALLY want to keep forever, I get on PC. The store page for Counter Strike is still up.
edit: To be fair, even the PC isn't perfect. There's too many old games that are unplayable on Windows 10 without patches being applied.
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Can they do it?
Of course.
Will they? No.
The best-case scenario is really adding these games to PS Now. Even then you won't get everything because game licensing is such a pain.
Yeah this is early. I guess MS just sidestepped the whole situation by having a complete BC program (which Sony should copy btw!).
I mean, the silver lining is that the 360/PS3 era was when Steam really started establishing itself as a destination for indie games. That said, it's a massive bummer for fans of smaller Japanese titles, as there's a bunch of Vita exclusives that didn't see a PC port and likely never will at this stage.
True, which is why I purchased a Xbox 360 E with the last SoC they made. No hacks, but it should be pretty reliable.
My favorite generation of PlayStation. Knew this was coming.
God, I fucking hate how much Sony wants to just abandon that whole era.
God, I fucking hate how much Sony wants to just abandon that whole era.
I'm not entirely sure if the report paints the whole truth of the situation. Sony could shut down the on-console store but you could still buy and start download of games from the store on PC. Sure, it's definitely less practical but it wouldn't mean the end of all digital games on these consoles.
Gonna buy the last few Vita games I'm missing, download every Vita / PSP game, save them to a hard drive and never look back.
Bless CFW.
Bless CFW.
Yeah, this is an important point, I don't mind the store going away but if I need to I'd like to be able to download the games again, especially considering their stupid proprietary storage system.
Though I guess you can store them on a computer and that's what I'll have to do. Can you do that directly to a computer or do you have to download to Vita/PSP first then transfer?
For context fucking Playstation Home had a 6 month announcement to closure window. July 2nd is about 4 months. I can see them announcing a closure then but ain't no way they are closing down the PS3 store in little over 4 months.
"NES came out in 1983, it's time to let go"
"SNES came out in 1991, it's time to let go"
"PS1 came out in 1995, it's time to let go"
Yeah you sound as ignorant as those statements. Change your username.
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