NanaCheese94 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 The least they could do is put out a big yellow wave of discounts on everything on the shop now. This is such Bullshit man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon_overlord Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, Hush_wu said: Holy shitamole... I don't have any spare thousands of dollars to buy all the things I still need to buy Yeah, a big firesale would have been appreciated at the very least as compensation. Doesn't look like they have the courtesy/brains to do that however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImMagnetz Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I mean, I can't say I'm overly surprised. Sony stopped caring about anything older than PS4 several years ago. They never do sales on PS3 games anymore, they stopped offering PS3 games as monthly Plus games, and when I go onto the Store on PS3, FIFA 19 is on the front page, which came out at the end of 2018. They clearly haven't really looked near it in years. So it's unsurprising that they just want to be rid of it now. I'm just glad we can still access our previously-bought content. It'd suck if they ever did away with that. Wouldn't even be so much of a problem for me on PS3 as I don't own that much digital content on PS3 but, if they ever made it so, years from now, we couldn't access our digital PS4 games, I'd be screwed. I've bought thousands of pounds worth of digital PS4 content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han_the_Dragon Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Hopefully I'm only "missing" Visual Novels on Vita, and I can live easily without those (specially when they are priced at 40€ each..). Still, I need to double check Syberia 2 and Drakenguard 3 DLC on my US account... And do a final run through the Vita store, since there were quite a few JRPGs that I wanted and didn't bough on Vita yet (although I end up buying a few on PS4 already, like Ys VIII, because of the lack of sales...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepheroithisgod Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 If this news had come alongside an announcement for PS3, PS2, and PS1 emulation on the PS5...it would make sense. However, without that, this is just a shitty move. I'd love to know what the careful consideration was. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, SeedersPhD said: Depends on the game. Games aren't really hosted on Sony servers so if the company that runs it wants it to continue, then so be it. There are still Wii games with their servers up. Ok thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZitMeatloaf Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 22 minutes ago, sephiroth4424 said: I can't believe it! Finally i got an email from Sony that isn't ''Thank You For Your Purchase" You lucky SOB... I haven't received this email and am still stuck in "Thank You For Your Purchase" territory. Question for those who received the email: have you made recent PS3/PSV purchases on those stores? I don't own a Vita and haven't made a PS3 purchase in about 30 months, so I wonder if recent buyers are getting the email first. I'm probably giving Sony too much credit and it's just random who gets the email first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImMagnetz Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 From what I can tell, you'll still be able to be online on PS3 and play online games, with the servers for games being handled by the companies who made the games, and trophies will still sync. It's literally just related to purchasing content. You won't be able to buy content in any way, be that games/DLC through the store or in-game microtransaction purchases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharros Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, sepheroithisgod said: If this news had come alongside an announcement for PS3, PS2, and PS1 emulation on the PS5...it would make sense. However, without that, this is just a shitty move. I'd love to know what the careful consideration was. I feel like they easily could have made a Vita emulator for the ps5 and bam, instant acces to Vita(tv), PSP and PS1 games. But no, nobody wants backwards compat anyway amirite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TimeLordCrow13y Posted March 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2021 Real great that they confirmed this AFTER killing the web version of the store. Just excellent. What this means for me is that NOW I not only have to worry about buying the content I want before the store closes, but I also have to pay to get my PS3 repaired to even access said content. All before July. Seriously, fuck Sony. This is the last straw, I will not be buying a PS5, and likely won’t even be buying a vita anymore. And I will be spending much less on digital PS4 purchases in the future. I guess it’s time to upgrade my PC and start focusing more on it and the Switch. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidou Kuzunoha XIV Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, KingSkovald said: They are just shifting towards their new audience, like dudes here that were defending Sony in this thread without even having a single PS3/Vita trophy cause they don't give a shit, mommy bought only PS4/PS5 for them. Their new audience will be happy now, you and other loyal players who supported this company throughout their history until they got destroyed by Californian assholes in 2016 are not their audience anymore. It happens, but history is always changing, empires are falling... Damn I'm starting to sound too dramatic. Just choose what is best for you and play games for fun, cheers Their new audience isn't even going to bat an eyelid. Oh, they're shutting down the stores for some "ancient" consoles they don't own and don't care about? I'm sure they'll just see the email and be "well that sucks, doesn't apply to me though", and delete it without reading much further. The thing is, they might not care now, but there's a chance they'll be in our situation a decade and a half from now and getting just us pissed as we are, if they still care about the "ancient" PS4/PS5 at that point. Even if the PS3/PSP/Vita stores closing isn't something that affects someone personally, it's undeniable that some games will be getting removed from being able to purchase and "own" legally very soon. They might not care, they might not have any of those consoles, but it's very much a slap in the face reminder that digital is not forever. You can still buy a physical NES game from 30+ years ago nowadays, but you won't be able to buy a 10-15 year old (even less than a year or so old for some digital Vita only games) game ever again soon, unless it ever gets re-released for newer platforms. I don't see myself getting too invested in PS5 after this news. Still going to get one eventually, for exclusives, but I just feel so worn out from all of Sony's BS in the past few years that I don't know if I want to continue using their consoles as my primary gaming platform for multi-plat titles. Might honestly end up going with Xbox or PC sometime in the near future for most of my game purchases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskdocx Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 15 minutes ago, Lance_87 said: No wait, seriously? That's not supposed to exist. There's something wrong with your list. I've 300+ owned games, the only DLC that you own and that you don't have to download are the licensed tied to your account under Services List. However, i know of ONE DLC that you're forced to downlod from the PS4 Store, for a PS4 game. Benjamin's Flight for Thomas Was Alone. Also the Media Player app, if you try to get it from your library, it redirects you to the Store app for whatever reason. I'm also still wondering why they disabled anything that's not a game or a demo from the new webstore Download List. Nope, not an error on my end. There is a thread on the PS3 forum where others have reported and 2 people on my friends list have checked and confirmed the same issue for that DLC. I'm not saying it's common, I have 2000 odd items in my PS3 download list, but there are definitely some broken games and DLC packs that are going to come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImMagnetz Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, ZitMeatloaf said: Question for those who received the email: have you made recent PS3/PSV purchases on those stores? I don't own a Vita and haven't made a PS3 purchase in about 30 months, so I wonder if recent buyers are getting the email first. I got the email. I believe the last time I bought something from the PS3 store was the DLCs for Dragon Age 2 back in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireThunder95 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Only one thing was not clear to me, what would happen to the game patches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth4424 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, ZitMeatloaf said: You lucky SOB... I haven't received this email and am still stuck in "Thank You For Your Purchase" territory. Question for those who received the email: have you made recent PS3/PSV purchases on those stores? I don't own a Vita and haven't made a PS3 purchase in about 30 months, so I wonder if recent buyers are getting the email first. I'm probably giving Sony too much credit and it's just random who gets the email first. I bought a vita game 3 months ago, although i believe it's totally random who gets the email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cryogenicide_X Posted March 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2021 12 minutes ago, milanbarca82 said: I doubt people would ever consider buying a digital only PS5 after this news. I sure as hell am not buying one. Vita homebrew scene, here I come. This is a pure example of why physical is superior to digital. And why a digital future is not the way to go at all. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temp-714775 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, ZitMeatloaf said: I don't own a Vita and haven't made a PS3 purchase in about 30 months, wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, FireThunder95 said: Only one thing was not clear to me, what would happen to the game patches? If you can download every game and DLC you have ever purchased, why wouldn't you be able to download patches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djeheuty Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) Such a bad move by Sony, i really didn’t expect this to be true. I think no one mentioned will we still be able to download patches? Edit:Sorry, been asked just seconds before my post Edited March 29, 2021 by Djeheuty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSkovald Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, SuperSmexy500 said: The thing is, they might not care now, but there's a chance they'll be in our situation a decade and a half from now and getting just us pissed as we are, if they still care about the "ancient" PS4/PS5 at that point. Haha, that's exactly what I tried to point them out. Well, some people prefer to learn on their own mistakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbir_Vladimir Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Copying my post from shutdowns thread. Am i right here? ‐-------- Following up on a part of stores closure email Apparently Vita messaging app will be disabled on 28th June 2021. Doesnt it mean all the coop based games without official matchmaking will get unobtainable trophies at that moment? All invites are message app based so my conclusion is we are screwed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireThunder95 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, DaivRules said: If you can download every game and DLC you have ever purchased, why wouldn't you be able to download patches? If I get a physical game, which needs a patch/update to work properly, (for example Little Big Planet 3), I won't be able to get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenpachiDaniel Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, NanaCheese94 said: The least they could do is put out a big yellow wave of discounts on everything on the shop now. This is such Bullshit man.. If everyone who already said here that they want a last big sale on the store starts to contact Sony about this, or organize themselves and make Sony know, this could be a possibility. But I doubt that Sony would listen. If Sony cared about us, this thread wouldn't even exist. Edited March 29, 2021 by KenpachiDaniel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atoya Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) I am honestly not happy about this at all, will do a few ps3 games and I will call quits and throw my console in the trash can, I was about to buy ps5 digital but hell no after this Edited March 29, 2021 by Atoya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Just now, FireThunder95 said: If I get a physical game, which needs a patch/update to work properly, (for example Little Big Planet 3), I won't be able to get it? Why wouldn't you? All this announcement says is you won't be able to go on the store and make a new purchase (aka a new license for digital content). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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