Sony Is Making It Harder To Buy Digital PS3 And Vita Content On October 27

At least Sony was kind enough to wait until PS3 emulation started to start getting better.

As a Nintendo fan, I'll admit that the PS3 had some memorable, solid, high quality games that'll go down in the books, but I always laughed at the Vita. (In fact, I would say Gran Turismo 5 is in my Top 3, and now I'm gonna go play it.)

This is exactly why I keep saying that not having backwards compatibility makes the PS5 a bad console.

We will lose entire generations of games because of this type of callous disregard of the medium.

This is one reason why an all digital future is not ideal.

That’s okay I installed CFW on my PS3

Tbh i never really used my Credit card on PSN stuff, this doesn't really affect me since PSN cards were usually my go to way to get stuff on PS3. but its understandable that their doing this.

Everyone understands this isn't some evil scheme to piss off the userbase, right? And it's just a sensational title? It's just very standard systemic updates. It sucks, and it's their fault for screwing up in the first place, but it's not like they're cutting us off. Retiring legacy systems is a very normal thing that has been a thing since...well, the beginning.

I wish they would do a big sale before this, like 80% off everything. If I knew the last PS3 digital sale would be in February 2020, I would have bought more then (and I did buy quite a bit).

I would never give Sony my debit or credit card number anyways. Remember what happened in 2011? Besides, the PS Vita store has been broken for a long time now. Why don't they take it out of its misery already? Gamers who still play Vita regularly are most likely playing on a modded console, so the store going down isn't going to a problem. Same for PS3. There's no benefit to buying games on the PS3 store, considering how they still want full price for games which are cheap and plentiful in physical format.

Gotta appreciate the honesty.

And easier to not feel bad about modifying your system's firmware.

Thank you Dark Souls

it's not that bad, but still bad.

Now this is just getting whiny. They're not actively trying to snub their fans. They're just consolidating their systems and moving support to newer, less finicky platforms. You can still buy PSN cards for all of your purchases, and you can still buy funds from the PS4/5 for use on the PS3/Vita/whatever. Obviously certain systems are no longer supported and it's cheaper to consolidate those payment systems in NEWER, active platforms rather than maintaining the legacy platforms (remember all the broke as shit stuff on PS3? Can't fix them; only way is to implement new database structures). I mean, really, if you haven't bought all the PS3 games you want to play by now, than you likely don't care to buy any more.

its incredible how sony just keeps screwing up.

The Leadership at Sony are really nickel & diming the customers..

When was the last time we heard "ps3 ~or~ Vita" and it was good news?

I think this leadership began when they relaunched the PS3 without Backwards compatability..

How epic would it have been if PS5 had the capability to read PS3+PS2 discs?

If that model we're $100 more would you buy it?

Good compromise. Keeps the stores open and easily usable while also lowering costs to Sony and eliminating risk to financial information.

Makes perfect sense to me. I get wanting to preserve legacy products but that's the well understood risk associated with digital stores fronts.

Unbelievable

Sony sux

Whenever the Vita is in the news, it always seems to be more bad news.. : /

Why are they so insistent on making purchasing legacy content harder? Like, I can't imagine it's expensive for them to keep the games and storefront up for the PS3 and Vita. Such a bizarre decision from Sony.

Yarrrrrrrr

Stupid move to save them time and effort at the expense of their customers. I guess they still have a case of Big Head Syndrome.