PS3 and Vita store will STAY ONLINE!!

[qsire246]

Lets rejoice and hope for a sale  but sadly messaging service will still go away

[Speling_Expirt]

14 hours ago, Maverick6146 said:

I have several Vita games to buy but my credit card was constantly rejected... (Again, very weird issue because it can be used to buy game directly, just not for refilling the wallet)

 

Anyway, guess i still need to.

 

Kudos to SONY for making a good decision, once in a while..

Yeah, I can only pay for stuff on the Vita by topping up my wallet (usually on CDKeys as they have some good deals and usually about 15% off too)

[I-Reaped-U]

3 hours ago, gameoncomrade said:

I don't know. This all looks like a big publicity stunt and baiting to me.

 

I really hate that everything is a damn conspiracy. You’d have a better argument if they kept pushing it and waited until the end of June to admit they made a mistake. That would make a lot more sense if the were really so hard up for cash. 

Then there’s the fact that a lot of people were pushed away from buying stuff from the PS3 store because the BUY button was literally invisible this past (and may still be) weekend making people think they couldn’t buy anything. Smart sales tactic, huh? 

[InfinityOnH1gh]

Would be nice if they'd fix the thing as well. I bought a game yesterday and can't download it. Just get an error message.

[DrBloodmoney]

3 hours ago, gameoncomrade said:

I don't know. This all looks like a big publicity stunt and baiting to me.

 

 

No chance mate.

 

If this was some grand conspiracy, then it would surely go down as the most inept one in the history of commerce. ?

 

The amount of bad publicity Sony has drawn from this, from not only across the gaming sector, but spilling out into mainstream media, has been staggering.

I was surprised by it myself - given how few people really seem to routinely use the PS3 store outside of Trophy Hunting circles now, but it has been the case.

The implications on their medium to long-term bottom line will dwarf any short-term financial benefits they might have drawn from panic buying - and they know that.

 

Frankly, giant companies like Sony will routinely pay far more than the amount they will have made from these sales, on PR firms and campaigns specifically to avoid or mitigate disasters half this size.

 

This reversal decision won't have been made lightly - they know they have lost face, and that about-facing now is not going to suddenly fix the public relations problem. The good will and trust they have lost will take a long while to earn back, and that's not to mention the fact that - at some point down the road - they know they are still going to have to deal with the same thing all over again, when the actually do close the storefronts.

Edited April 20, 2021 by DrBloodmoney

[saiyanbloodstyle]

This is great!

[Paperclip1776]

3 hours ago, gameoncomrade said:

I don't know. This all looks like a big publicity stunt and baiting to me.

 

SONY: LET'S CLOSE THE ONLINE STORES

 

END-USERS: OH NO, WE BETTER BUY THE ITEMS WHILE WE STILL CAN

 

SONY: JUST KIDDING, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA REVENUE ($$$$$$$)

Not buying the conspiracy theory.  There's a lot of moving parts within a large company like Sony so to say they just wanted the extra revenue doesn't make sense to me.  

 

Three reasons why I think this way:

 

1. Bad PR.  Sony didn't look good in this situation as a whole.  Sure, we as customers liked the decision but the market doesn't usually response positively to uncertainty.  They communicated they were closing their legacy stores and then a few weeks later retracted that statement and said they "made the wrong decision".  Companies, especially CEO's, don't ever want to admit they made a mistake.  Plus, I imagine there were a lot of changes internally that needed to reverse course to keep the stores open again.  I work at a large IT company and when a decision like this is made, and then reversed, a lot of effort is needed by a lot of different groups to make that change.  My strong feeling is that it wasn't as simple as them saying, I guess we don't close the store now, done.  

 

2. Trust.  Companies want people to take them seriously.  I know a lot of people don't for different reasons, but that's the truth. They don't want to put out a statement and have customers second guess it based on past decisions.  Companies want to say what they mean.  It all comes back to money.  If a company says something and then reverses that decision, a public company like Sony could take a serious hit in their stocks, even if the reversal decision was a popular one.  Look at EA.  They communicated a pay-to-win scenario for Battlefront 2 before launch.  Even though the backlash was received and corrected before they launched the game (and made significant changes to progression to avoid pay-to-win scenarios) their stock took a major hit.  It recovered but the market doesn't like uncertainty and companies don't tend to put out statements and then retract them, it's not good business.

 

3. Credibility.  A lot of you would laugh, and I get it.  But, companies have a lot of different audiences to please, including investors and other companies.  Investors, stock owners, potential investors, etc. view these decisions differently than you and I.  They look at these reversals as instability within a company and not doing their research properly.  You and I may view that similarly, but most of us aren't determining whether to investor large sums of money with Sony either.  These are things that Sony has to consider even if a bad decision is made.

 

Overall, I view the reversal of Sony's decision as significant.  They clearly didn't realize (or research enough) that PS fans look at legacy systems as part of a larger ecosystem and the backlash was not just a vocal minority.  This news was covered by nearly all gaming sites (and non-gaming sites) and was not put in a favorable light.  IMO, Sony made the right decision to reverse course but clearly underestimated the amount of people that still view the PS3 and Vita as essential to their gaming expectations.  

[ZitMeatloaf]

I decided to go ahead and buy all the PS3 content I planned on buying anyway, just so I wouldn't have to worry about it down the road.

 

Included in my purchase were some PS1 classics. It had been a long time since I'd played one of those, and I completely forgot that those games download installer files and not the actual games (and then the games show up on the opposite end of your list once installed). I spent a good 10 minutes thinking "Why the fuck won't these games open, they just keep installing over and over!" Felt kind of dumb afterwards, but good news, the games work fine!

 

Just a PSA for anyone who suffers from a similar brain fart.

[NurseTatiana]

Good news! But I’m glad that I didn’t hurry and spend any money I had a feeling it was just an April fool...now everyone can chill and take a drink.

Edited April 20, 2021 by NurseTatiana

[Sigma999]

The question now is when it will actually happen ? 

PSP store closing is still a reality to happen soon as scheduled.

[x7251]

8 hours ago, xh117 said:

Can you send me the link too? Not sure how long my six axis has left lol plus ps4 controllers feel better anyway

 

I don't know if I am allowed to post the link on the forums, so I'll post you the link in a private message.

[nolanexpress08]

That's a win for the fans. They will probably try doing the same thing in a couple of years. I like buying my games physically, but I am glad to hear they changed their mind after backlash. I guess thats shows they listen to the fans!

[GUDGER666]

Store sales to to come back to PS3 and Vita? Someone asked on Twitter whether we would get anymore sales, PlayStation replied saying "observe the store :)" 

 

 

 

 

[ChiefMichigan]

3 hours ago, Sigma999 said:

The question now is when it will actually happen ? 

PSP store closing is still a reality to happen soon as scheduled.

 

I would guess 2022 or 2023. And next time, I think they'll give an advanced notice of six months or more. Nintendo certainly gave more notice of the Wii Shop closing if I recall correctly. Sony should follow suit and give more of a heads-up.

 

[kidson2004]

1 hour ago, GUDGER666 said:

Store sales to to come back to PS3 and Vita? Someone asked on Twitter whether we would get anymore sales, PlayStation replied saying "observe the store :)" 

 

 

 

 

A LOT of people hope this happens! 

[Lance_87]

They should stop thinking by generations and just do mass sales for all systems at once.

[me_is_caveman]

I just spent $67 on psn games on ps3 right before i found they're not really gonna close the ps3 store

I wonder if I can get a refund?

[Lance_87]

5 minutes ago, me_is_caveman said:

I just spent $67 on psn games on ps3 right before i found they're not really gonna close the ps3 store

I wonder if I can get a refund?

 

Maybe if you did not download the purchased stuff.

[me_is_caveman]

Just now, Lance_87 said:

 

Maybe if you did not download the purchased stuff.

I downloaded them, but didn't play them yet.

[Paperclip1776]

7 hours ago, Sigma999 said:

The question now is when it will actually happen ? 

PSP store closing is still a reality to happen soon as scheduled.

 

3 hours ago, ChiefMichigan said:

 

I would guess 2022 or 2023. And next time, I think they'll give an advanced notice of six months or more. Nintendo certainly gave more notice of the Wii Shop closing if I recall correctly. Sony should follow suit and give more of a heads-up.

 

It's a tricky question.  Under normal circumstances where they would announce a closure and stick with it, my instinct tells me that they won't announce a closure again until they are absolutely, 100% sure they are ready to close the stores.  A few weeks ago I would've agreed to a 2022 or 2023 PS3/PS Vita Store closure but now I'm not so sure.  I feel like a reversal like this is too significant to turn around in a year and announce the same closures.  Could be wrong, of course, but my instincts tell me that the PS3 and Vita Stores will remain open through the lifecycle of PS5 (6-7 years or so).  I think closing it down a year or even 2 years out from this mess is just not enough.  

 

I do agree, though, that once a closure is announced, they will give at least 6 months, my guess is it will be a years notice.

[temp-714775]

Ps3 vita store closure cacelled super league cancelled.

NWO can wait a little longer

[ADay000]

This was suuuper good news, but now I’m  paranoid about this eventually coming down the road again the next couple/few years lol! It still tells me that I need to get my ass in gear with respect to my physical collections. I’ve been pushing off PS3, but I always wait until it’s too late...

[Bilal]

52 minutes ago, ADay000 said:

This was suuuper good news, but now I’m  paranoid about this eventually coming down the road again the next couple/few years lol! It still tells me that I need to get my ass in gear with respect to my physical collections. I’ve been pushing off PS3, but I always wait until it’s too late...

You have now much more time for it. So try to focus to do your ps3 and vita stuff

[AihaLoveleaf]

I figure right now we've been given an extension of at least two years. Re-announcing a store closure within the next twelve months would be an extremely bad look for Sony so I am assuming we're safe there. If a closure does get announced a year from now, I am also going to assume they'll give us a year to get our affairs in order. It's possible they do 3-6 months instead but seeing how people reacted badly to shorter timeframes last time I will be hopeful Sony gives everybody more time next time.

 

This means you have, at minimum, two years to start getting your things in order. Killing your multiplayer trophies should be doable fairly quickly unless you have some insane grinds to plow through. Buy all your DLCs, digital and physical games or at least have a shopping list of the essentials and work on buying them up over time as things have been getting delisted. Also, work on your backlog in general, because as we saw last time with people freaking out about the possibility of losing trophy sync (even though it wasn't going to happen), it's better to not have to stress and have little to no games left in your PS3/Vita backlog when the time comes to close shop.

 

Hopefully I'm wrong though and we end up with another 5-20 years of legacy support. By then us old boys here will be in our 50s and 60s and bitching about people stacking the remasters/remakes of PS4 Ratalaika games on PS7/8 for even more trophies.

Edited April 21, 2021 by AihaLoveleaf

[RadiantFlamberge]

A pleasant surprise from Jim Ryan. While PSP will not be able to buy games online, it would be nice if the PSP games stay up for the Vita/PSTV owners. I'd like to see full backward compatibility happen, even if it'll take a PS5 Pro to read CDs (for PS1).