damon8r351 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Sony announced that they are discontinuing support of Playstation Mobile effective 10 September 2015. By that time, you'll be unable to re-download any of your previous purchases or make in-app purchases, and by 15 July 2015 all distribution of content will end. My only question is, what the heck is Playstation Mobile? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcbeanstr Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Very good question because from the moment they announced it there hasn't been much info about it. Also they haven't expanded the regions for so long this is hardly a surprise. Kind of fear for Sony at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neputyunu Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) PlayStation®Mobile (PSM) is a new initiative to deliver PlayStation® content on open operating system-based portable devices. This new initiative will allow SCE to deliver the PlayStation® experience to a greater number of users. From the PlayStation®Store, users can purchase a wide variety of content developed by a diverse pool of developers through SCE’s new PSM Developer Program, and enjoy that content on PlayStation™Certified devices (PS Certified devices) and the PlayStation®Vita system. PlayStation®Mobile Developer Program allows SCE to offer a greater amount of developers with a convenient and efficient content development environment, and actively support content creation. SCE has started a PlayStation™Certified licensing program for hardware manufacturers so that the world of PlayStation® may be enjoyed on an open system. SCE will offer the necessary support, including development support as well as logo licensing, to ensure the delivery of a high quality PlayStation® experience across various devices. Under this program, devices meeting SCE standards will be labeled as PlayStation™Certified devices, and will allow more users to experience PlayStation®. A Playstation certified device is eg: Edited March 11, 2015 by Neputyunu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucknerd Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I had to google it: If you don’t know what PlayStation Mobile is (and who could blame you if you didn’t), it’s a cross-platform marketplace for indie games that’s available on PlayStation Vita, various Sony phones and tablets as well as some HTC, Fujitsu and Sharp products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Weight Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 question is, are there any good games to get before the service is gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Mayus Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yeah I played some stuff back in 2012 at the Sony conference, nothing special (maybe it is better now but I don't know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boooda Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Isn't that what playstation mini's are on the PS Store? Or am i confusing it with something else... Edit: nvm playstation mini's and playstation mobile games are seperate. Edited March 11, 2015 by Boooda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful84 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) I guess I better get the downloadin then... They are similar to the PS Minis except they can only be played on Sony certified phones and the Vita. I'm not sure why no one else seems to know what they are as their library is pretty elaborate...they are only two tabs over from the regular Vita games if you use the the PS Store on that device. Personally, I think some of the games are pretty awesome. A handful of them were converted into full on Vita games with trophy support...like Milk Mine Defender. Some popular indie games can only be played in that format on the Vita (well at least by conventional standards) such as Life of Pixel, Console Saga, and Super Crate Box. Its one thing to discontinue it but its another thing to cut people off from their previous purchases...I'm telling you guys, Sony may start doing this with other parts of it library as well. Hopefully they take a few more of their PSM games and give'em the full works like they did with the handful of others. Edited March 11, 2015 by merciful84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFireReaper Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I completely forgot about PlayStation Mobile until this topic popped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorry777 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Never heard of PlayStation mobile Too bad for those that used it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Beeno Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Never knew about this, so it won't hurt me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totalcross3000 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I don't think it was widely popular but if development for it lead to breakthroughs for Vita then it was successful in one kind of way. It evolution baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The dangers of digital distribution - once it's no longer profitable to host it, the whole library might be wiped out! Maybe in the next decade or so Sony might say "not enough people are playing on PS3 anymore, so we are shutting down its services. If you had any games which you bought via PSN, you have until [date] to download them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takara Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Totally forgot about this, it was the reason I got my SE Xperia Play years back too! However, I never purchased any games or apps for PSMobile due to having every other Sony console to date (and multiple PSPs) lol. Physical copy or bust! (Statement does not apply to PS+ featured items, however I am grateful for them :3) I guess on the upshot it might stop people buying into a "PSMobile certified device" then realising it's a fancy slogan, and that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuinousOne25 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Jeez, I need to get a new vita soon before this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kishnabe Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 They can let us play some of the games for free since it would be removed online and from the download list anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Never heard of this before ... so yeah, it's not going to bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Never heard of this before ... so yeah, it's not going to bother me. Europe got pretty crappy version of this. It wasn't for mobile phones (yea, makes sense, right Sony? PS mobile!) just for Vita and the selection was pretty sparse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuinousOne25 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Europe got pretty crappy version of this. It wasn't for mobile phones (yea, makes sense, right Sony? PS mobile!) just for Vita and the selection was pretty sparse. I couldn't find other mobile combatable devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30 Year Old Boomer Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 tried out some ps mobile games on vita cause i had some spare psn money. they were pretty decent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuinousOne25 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 tried out some ps mobile games on vita cause i had some spare psn money. they were pretty decent Yeah, there are some good ones likes chaos rings, super crate, Cytus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 chaos rings Chaos Rings is one of few worthy games on PSM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuinousOne25 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Chaos Rings is one of few worthy games on PSM. I heard that there's a third/collection for the vita in Japan. Hopefully it'll be released here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I heard that there's a third/collection for the vita in Japan. Hopefully it'll be released here. Yep, you are right. It was already released back in October, though. I also hope for localization =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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