Sony has announced that it will keep its digital store open for PS3 and PlayStation Vita “in the near future”. The PSP store will continue to close on July 2, 2021, as originally planned.
“On further reflection, however, it is clear that I made the wrong decision here. So today I’m happy to say that we will keep the PlayStation Store operational for PS3 and PS Vita devices. The PSP commerce functionality will be withdrawn on July 2, 2021 according to the plan “, announced the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, in a blog post.
Sony had initially announced that the digital showcases for its old consoles will be closed at the end of March, which makes it impossible to purchase digital copies of the games for these systems. Sony says the showcase move was “born of a number of factors, including commercial support challenges for older devices,” along with a desire to focus more on newer products (such as the PlayStation 5). .
However, after the announcement – and the reaction from PS3 and PS Vita owners were upset that they will not be able to buy new games – it seems that Sony has given up and will keep those stores open indefinitely.