How long before shutdown of PSN on PS3?

I asked this in the Xbox thread, so I'll ask it here too. This will effect millions when they decide to pull the plug on the great PSN service for PS3. How long do you think they'll keep the service up, and do you think they will disable their 2 console limit per account thing before shutting down so we have more chance of preserving the stuff we paid for? What's your opinion?

Tomorrow.

Probably not for a long time - maybe when they stop selling them, but I would think a bit after that

Yea, I can still see it going on for a while still.

It's user base is huge, so I think it won't be for a while because there are alot of people who buy games and movies from the PSN.

Until Sony stops making PS3 and PS3 games..... It won't be for a long time. There is just too much money to lose from PS3 gamers if they were to shut it down early.

Okay, and what about all the PSN games I paid for.. will they be gone forever? I know it's inevitable for them to close it down but how is all the unique and exclusive content going to be preserved?

lol thats exactly what i was going to say

@pathofneo99: in your PS3 hard drive. Time to upgrade that thing pal.

When it stops making them money probably. I don't think it'll happen any time soon though.

Not for a very long time.

@pathofneo99: not till mid life on ps4 maybe even later

@pathofneo99: Sony will be somewhat patient with this. unfortunately the GAMES SERVICES already have shut down at a blazingly fast rate. So while PSN might be "up" on the PS3, 95% of PS3 games won't have online features like they used to, very very soon.

I do not see Sony shutting down the PSN for the PS3 anytime soon.

Like everyone else has said, it'll be quite a while. One -big- difference between the PS3 generation of consoles versus the earlier generations didn't have as many revenue streams to support the cost of running the servers. Whereas keeping servers up for PS2 games was just a drain on resources of the game companies because in most cases they didn't earn any money from those games after their initial sale, the PS3 network is supported by digital game sales, microtransaction, DLC, and the optional subscription fees. It's also backed by the fact that PSN is just one network supporting both PS3 and PS4 so as long as one console is making enough money to support the network then there's probably little incentive for them to not support the other. In fact, I'd be surprised if the bulk of the revenue coming into PSN isn't still coming from the PS3 based on its much more established user base (meaning that the PS3 is probably supporting paying for the network for the PS4) and it'll probably be that way for a long time.

-Byshop

Ironically even tho DLC and MTs open up possible revenue, they have to "pay to play" on the PSN. It cost money to do business on the PSN for developers. So even tho there is a potential stream, EA and others shut them down on the PS3 quick and often.

Wikipedia has a sunset list, it's very depressing. Although it was more sad on the PS2 for sure (better games, great online features, CLASSICs like SOCOM 2 or Everquest)

Don't know but the PS3 PSN Store been down since the last two weeks.. ?!

Well, there are two parts to that though. There's the PSN network itself, and the individual hosted and matchmaking servers that the individual game developers have to maintain. Individual titles get their servers shut down all the time (especially EA games) but that's different from the OP's question of the "PS3" section of the PSN being turned off, which will likely not happen for a very long time.

-Byshop

Nope just you