- Sony announced that PlayStation 3 and PS Vita storefronts would close soon
- They will close next month in some regions and next year in the UK, US and Australia.
- The news comes as the company announces it will end production of physical discs in 2028.
If today’s news that PlayStation will stop producing physical game discs in 2028 wasn’t bad enough, the company also quietly announced that it would soon be closing the PS3 and PS Vita storefronts.
On the official PlayStation Blog, the company says the decision was driven by the fact that these older systems “are no longer capable” of supporting “modern business systems” and current payment processing standards.
“The PS3 and PS Vita represent an important era in our PlayStation history, so this was not an easy decision for us to make,” the message reads.
The windows will not be closed immediately. It will be discontinued next month in Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua, then in “other countries in Latin America and the Middle East” later in 2026.
For those in the US, UK, and Australia, the PlayStation Store will go offline on PS3 and PS Vita in July 2027. That gives you about a year to make final digital purchases if you still have these consoles.
It’s important to note that Sony at least says that “players will still be able to download previously purchased content” once the stores go offline for “the foreseeable future,” so it seems like you at least won’t lose access to anything you’ve purchased.
Reactions to the news in the comments were overwhelmingly negative, with one PlayStation fan writing: “This is why physical media is important. More and more evidence that you’re just buying a license that can be taken away whenever companies feel like it.”
Another wrote: “Everything is being taken away from us today, huh?! How much money is enough for you to not make things worse?
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