Following reports of the PlayStation Store closing on legacy consoles, Sony has today confirmed the news. The PlayStation Store on the PS3 will close as of 2nd July 2021, which means gamers will no longer be able to purchase digital games on the console. The remaining purchase functionality for the PSP will also close on this date.
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The final nail in the coffin for the PSP, PS Vita and PS3 may be nearing, according to a rumour. TheGamer reports that the PS3, PS Vita and PSP PlayStation Stores will be closing down permanently, as soon as July. This means that gamers will no longer able to buy games or DLC for these legacy consoles.
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Racing fans have a lot to look forward to over the next two weeks as SCEE launches the Racing Games sale on the PlayStation Store later today. Gamers will be able to get discounts on great racing titles and DLC for games including ModNation Racers, DiRT Showdown, and Driver San Francisco.
With the Tokyo Games Show just around the corner, Sony has revealed its line up of demos and playable games at the event. The PS Vita is again getting a big push from the company, but the line up also includes plenty of playable PS3 titles and a few PSP ones too. PS3 titles like Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Dust 514 and Assassin’s Creed III will be playable at the event.
John Koller, Sony’s head of hardware marketing, was interviewed by Kotaku regarding the PlayStation Vita. He talks about the Vita’s success and how Sony want to avoid making the same mistake with the new console as they did with the PSP. However, it does seem Sony is just repeating what happened…
SOCOM Developers, Zipper Interactive, have revealed that a total of eight SOCOM titles will have their online servers shut down on August 31st 2012. The closure will come four days after the series’ ten-year anniversary and will affect a number of PS2 and PSP titles (see below).
With only a week to go until E3 2012, Sony has announced a new PSP model. The PSP-E1000 will be available in the new “Ice White” body colour and will be released in July priced at just £89.99/€99.99 (RRP). Not something we expected, to say the least.
When it comes to Flash content, the PS Vita can’t compete with smartphones and tablets. Although the console is still very new, Flash compatibility is one of the features that can help the PS Vita compete against the likes of the iPhone and Android smartphones – of the two platforms, only Android smartphones support Flash.
According to Chart-Track data, the PS Vita in the UK is tracking at just under a third of what the PSP achieved after the first ten weeks. The PS Vita has sold just 100,000 units according to the website, although the numbers have not been confirmed by Sony.
