Earlier this month Sony announced that
PlayStation Store is Discontinuing Movie and TV Rental Sales on
August 31st, and according to Internet reports it's
rumored they plan to close
PlayStation Store for PS3 and PSP on
July 2nd and for PS Vita on
August 27th, 2021.
To quote from
TheGamer.com on this disheartening yet inevitable PS Store news:
"The PS3, PS Vita, and PlayStation Portable stores aren't long for this world. According to a source familiar with the situation (verified by TheGamer), the stores are due to be closed down from July. The announcement is planned for the end of this month.
PSP's and PS3's stores are to be closed on July 2, while the PS Vita store will stay open until August 27. After those dates, you will no longer be able to purchase digital copies of games or DLC for any of the Sony consoles mentioned above.
If you own any of the three consoles and you've always wanted to download a specific game, now is the time. No doubt the price of physical games will jump up once the stores cease to exist."
While numerous mainstream media sites including
Eurogamer,
GameInformer,
GamesRadar,
Gizmodo and
Polygon have reached out to Sony for comment, none have received additional details nor confirmation thus far... we'll update this article as further information is available.
Update: It's official, from Sony's
official page to quote:
Discontinued PlayStation apps, features and services
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