Players will be able to continue to purchase games on PS3 and PS Vita.
Recently, we notified players that PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita devices was planned to end this summer.
Upon further reflection, however, it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here. So today I’m happy to say that we will be keeping the PlayStation Store operational for PS3 and PS Vita devices. PSP commerce functionality will retire on July 2, 2021 as planned.
When we initially came to the decision to end purchasing support for PS3 and PS Vita, it was born out of a number of factors, including commerce support challenges for older devices and the ability for us to focus more of our resources on newer devices where a majority of our gamers are playing on. We see now that many of you are incredibly passionate about being able to continue purchasing classic games on PS3 and PS Vita for the foreseeable future, so I’m glad we were able to find a solution to continue operations.
I’m glad that we can keep this piece of our history alive for gamers to enjoy, while we continue to create cutting-edge new game worlds for PS4, PS5, and the next generation of VR.
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us – we’re always listening and appreciate the support from our PlayStation community.
Really glad you’ve reassessed the initial decision, guys! I’m still rocking games like RE5 and Drakengard 3 on my trusty slim PS3, and enjoying portable experiences I couldn’t have in any other handheld device, like playing RE2, Chrono Trigger and MGS Portable Ops on my OLED PS Vita. Many many thanks!
GREAT! BUT please don’t close it these in 2021 either! Keep them open for at least 100 years. Yes, 100 years I am asking for loyal customers who invested in PlayStation who should be able to enjoy their purchases for a lifetime. Also please update system software so when the battery dies in the system we can replace it without fear of being locked out of our purchases. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
What a wonderful news!! I feel good, no matter what, to be an owner of the ps vita. And I am trying to buy more ps1 classic games to the console.
Meanwhile I would like to see Silent Hill and MGS on the psn store.Please, would you consider to take this and another games for direct download for that gamers who does not have a Ps3?
Thanks for your time.
Great decision and kudos for checking the pulse of the community!
Good decision Jimbo.
Thank God for Jim sterling.
Love and respect, the main problem is that it was even considered as an option to close the store, all games purchased should be online on the store forever. I really belive you guy’s need to streamline PS2/PS1 as backwards compatible for PS4/PS5 and get a few PS3 games base on community feedback on that list too. Its the Only way we can fully leave PS3 behind/retro behind, please let PS Vita Community live because you ended our support shortly the least you can do is let us have store access. Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening to your customers, Sony (and Jim :-)) This is good news, and frankly, an even better business decision that shows your support to your long-time customers.
It’s time for Sony to put backwards compatibility for the ps5 of ps2 and ps3. That would be something for the players!
Thank you so much for listening Jim. Even though I got the newer playstation consoles, I still play and buy games on and for my ps3. Past couple of days I’ve been playing infamous. This is literally the best news I have ever received.
The only other thing is, since the ps3 and vita stores are staying open will there be some type of update to fix the glitches and bugs in the stores?
“On reflection” You mean because the backlash from social media was so massive and destruction that you didnt have a choice. You cant kill an entire generation of content without backlash.
Right…glad someone sees their motive to go back in that dumb decision.