TJ_Solo Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, drewfd said: Its the fact that its trending so much online and on Twitter that is scaring me lol social media comments factually causes you fear. Sorry for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddrakner Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Even if it's true, the articles doesn't mention things like stopping the syncing function or being not able to download pre-purchased digital games. Basically, it will be a mass delisting of titles, wich is nothing too weird considering the path Sony took recently. If the announce will come by the end of the month, i guess I will start buying all the digitals only that i still miss. I will be mad for sure, but i can live with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladynadiad Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, JunkSkelington said: No company cares about trophies to the extent people of this community would. They're an afterthought at best. If sony can't make money with the store shutdown expecting them to support trophies out of their own pocket on a dead system seems like pretty wishful thinking. RE: PSNow. PSnow has nothing to do with PS3 support even if PSNow has PS3 games. PSNow is a cloud streaming service that works on modern machines, has nothing to do with supporting an online network for a 15 year old console. The reason why I mentioned PS Now is because the PS3 part of it is streaming games from PS3s. It uses the same network a PS3 accesses to sync trophies. Logically if they are getting rid of PS3 support entirely, the PS3 streaming part of PS Now would also be included in this. Also, the servers being accessed for trophy syncing are ones still being used by the PS4 and PS5 because it's stored on profiles. That's why PS4 and PS5 can see your PS3 and Vita trophies What they would have to do to remove trophy syncing is actually outright block the PS3 and Vita from being able to access those servers, which is a different action than closing the stores. What is far more likely to screw up the ability to sync trophies on PS3 and Vita is that some change is made to how we access PSN accounts that the PS3 and Vita won't be able to support and people will no longer be able to sign in to PSN on those systems because of that change. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkSkelington Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, ddrakner said: Even if it's true, the articles doesn't mention things like stopping the syncing function or being not able to download pre-purchased digital games. Basically, it will be a mass delisting of titles, wich is nothing too weird considering the path Sony took recently. If the announce will come by the end of the month, i guess I will start buying all the digitals only that i still miss. I will be mad for sure, but i can live with it. People are speculating loss of access to syncing, downloading games you already have, etc. because historically that is how it has always worked for every other console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helyx Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Long story short, this is all bullshit right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Thing is: i don't plan to buy anything more from old ps store, but I want to be able to play the games i already owned. Still sad asf if the rumour are true tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepEyes7 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, JunkSkelington said: People are speculating loss of access to syncing, downloading games you already have, etc. because historically that is how it has always worked for every other console. Just to know, how has been in other consoles? I'm not familiar with it and the only console that comes to mind is the Wii but Nintendo was very antiquated with their online and even the games were tied with the console nor account so that should have been a fuckfest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floorkiller74 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, JunkSkelington said: People are speculating loss of access to syncing, downloading games you already have, etc. because historically that is how it has always worked for every other console. No system has ever lost the ability to synch trophies/achievements when it's store was shut down. It says nothing about the online services going anywhere, just the broken AF store being removed. While i could see people *possibly* losing access to previously purchased games./dlc/etc as long as the games files remain on the server it shouldn't be an issue. Many, many games have been delisted and are still downloadable starting with the PS3/360 gen. Edited March 22, 2021 by Floorkiller74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandedBerserk Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) I doubt this is true but even if it does turn out to be, it personally wouldn't affect me in the slightest. I already own the very few ps3 games I plan on playing and the last one I bought legit took me like 30 minutes because of how slow the store was. Definitely not something I'd be fighting to keep when the damn thing is barely useable. Edited March 22, 2021 by BrandedBerserk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavelbagirov Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 If this true I will stop hunting and move to Xbox 1 minute ago, BrandedBerserk said: I doubt this is true but even if it does turn out to be it personally wouldn't affect me in the slightest. I already own the very few ps3 games I plan on playing and the last one I bought legit took me like 30 minutes because of how slow the store was. Yes,they make gamers life way harder when they deleted old systems from web psn store 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgm4789 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I just hope at the very least the date is wrong and they mean july/august next year. After i finish platting scott pilgrim(which i only need to do online for) im gonna be going on a ps3 crunch and platting pretty much everything i can thats left in my backlog that i care about. I literally only need to buy drakengard 3, dead space 2/3, and disgaea d2 dlcs(and maybe a few stray psn titles like deathspank 2) so i may as well start now to get my completion in these games done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkSkelington Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 The president and CEO of sony interactive entertainment has openly trashed old games, I'm not sure why people are doubting sony will dump PS3/psp/vita 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImMagnetz Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 43 minutes ago, sweeping-lamp3 said: 4. Buy several used PS3s. This dude just over here chilling with a bunch of PS3s. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raidou Kuzunoha XIV Posted March 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, DeepEyes7 said: Just to know, how has been in other consoles? I'm not familiar with it and the only console that comes to mind is the Wii but Nintendo was very antiquated with their online and even the games were tied with the console nor account so that should have been a fuckfest... The only other consoles I can think of that have shut down their digital storefronts and online have been the DS (which never had a store), DSi (the storefront of which still exists on 3DS, mostly) and the Wii. These consoles can still connect to the internet, but all online functionality such as playing games over the internet is all but gone aside from private servers. The Dreamcast, Gamecube, PS2 and original Xbox had their online "functionality" shut down ages ago as well, but they were pretty bare bones to begin with anyway. PSP can no longer access its native storefront any more, but you can still buy games for it via the Vita or PS3's storefront, or through the old webstore which does continue to exist, and you can still download pre-purchased games for it. Miiverse was shut down on the Wii U and 3DS back in 2017, but the consoles can still otherwise connect to the internet, play most games online (some servers have since shut down), and the digital store fronts still exist. Plus, they still occasionally get updates (the Wii U actually got an update pretty recently). We don't really have any frame of reference for a console that supports things like achievements and cloud saves shutting down its online functionality. The Xbox 360 can still connect online and still has all its online functionality I believe (aside from games with servers that have since shut down of course), and can still be accessed through backwards compatibility on the Xbox One and Series X/S. PS3 is the same right now, minus the backwards compatibility part unless we include PS Now which runs off PS3 hardware I believe. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milanbarca82 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) I hope it's not true. I guess i'll look into whatever DLC of PS3 games i've put in the wishlist and buy as much as I can (FO3 and FO:NV DLCs come to mind). Edited March 22, 2021 by milanbarca82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pershing24 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I don't know if this rumor is bullshit, but I certainly hope its bullshit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, JunkSkelington said: The president and CEO of sony interactive entertainment has openly trashed old games, I'm not sure why people are doubting sony will dump PS3/psp/vita Because that quote was in reference to supporting older games on newer hardware. In this case, people are just asking Sony to continue to allow people to give them money to do nothing besides sell them games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raidou Kuzunoha XIV Posted March 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, JunkSkelington said: The president and CEO of sony interactive entertainment has openly trashed old games, I'm not sure why people are doubting sony will dump PS3/psp/vita I really dislike Jim Ryan, he seems really out of touch and I don't know if its his influence or not, but with how Sony is recently with abruptly scraping a bunch of things like the old webstore and communities and being very much all "new and trending" with their marketing/advertising approaches, I wouldn't doubt it. The thing with backwards compatibility is that it's not just about replaying old games and having access to old favourites. It's about being able to play games I never got a chance to before, it's not like I have all the time in the world to have played every game I've ever wanted to play the year it came out, or even 5 years after it came out. There's a reason there's so many remasters, ports and remakes of old games nowadays, it isn't just about nostalgia, it's about people discovering and being able to play these games for the first time. (Edit: and before anyone points it out, yes I know the primary reason is to make money, but my point still stands: A game will always be new to someone and will always appeal to someone, so there's not much reason to get rid of the ability to buy old games, short of licensing or other issues) Just because ol' Jim can't understand why anyone would want to play old games he has no interest in, that doesn't mean they appeal to no one. Emulation and console modding wouldn't be such a huge thing if no one cared about "ancient" looking games. I personally have zero interest in sports game, but I know some people do, I'm not perplexed and scratching my head wondering why anyone would want to play the newest Fifa game every year; I played the newest CoD and Pokemon game every year for the longest time for the pure and simple reason of them simply being something I enjoyed. It's not hard Jim Ryan. Edited March 22, 2021 by SuperSmexy500 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIs_Rainman Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 The PS3 and Vita storefronts themselves are atrocious in their current state, it probably doesnt pay for Sony to keep them open and bother updating it. That may be the death knell for the Vita, but the PS3 should be fine as there is so much cheap, physical games in circulation. I am sure if the demand for PS3 games becomes that high, Sony could offer more on PS Now, potentially making it a more enticing offer. I havent used those storefronts in ages, and the only time i did was to re-download already purchased games. As long as the ability to do so remains unchanged, I don't think I will be affected by it much. Of course, let's see if this is actually true or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post DaivRules Posted March 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, MyNameIs_Rainman said: The PS3 and Vita storefronts themselves are atrocious in their current state, it probably doesnt pay for Sony to keep them open and bother updating it. Those storefronts can't cost Sony more than a couple thousand dollars a month in total. They easily make that money back by keeping the store open. The PS3 and Vita don't get "updates" besides adding PS4 crossplay games to the store. It's not like it gets promotions. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droppingtherock Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Isn't your PS3 game library accessed through the Playstation store rather than from the PS3 home screen? I wonder if it would require a PS3 firmware update (which I don't expect to ever see again) to make this workable. Without one, presumably they'd have to keep the store application online but remove the ability to buy. Just seems strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_87 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, droppingtherock said: Isn't your PS3 game library accessed through the Playstation store rather than from the PS3 home screen? I wonder if it would require a PS3 firmware update (which I don't expect to ever see again) to make this workable. Without one, presumably they'd have to keep the store application online but remove the ability to buy. Just seems strange. That is correct. But it's full of functional illiterates out there. 36 minutes ago, JunkSkelington said: People are speculating loss of access to syncing, downloading games you already have, etc. because historically that is how it has always worked for every other console. "Historically"? Please list all old systems that eventually lost achievement syncing. Edited March 22, 2021 by Lance_87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkrobot_pb Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 If they want gamers to switch to digital-only, this would be the absolute best way for Sony to kick themselves in the nuts. So unfortunately, it is probably true. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post arcanehornet_ Posted March 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, Lance_87 said: That is correct. But it's full of functional illiterates out there. "Historically"? Please list all old systems that eventually lost achievement syncing. List of all old systems that eventually lost achievement syncing: - - - I had to do a ton of research for this list. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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