{"id":57292,"date":"2025-08-10T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/57292\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:29:12","slug":"ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/57292\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3’s Store Has Been Restored, After Fans Feared the Worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PS3's<\/a>Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Update [Sun 10th Aug 2025, 12pm]: A shaky week for the PS3\u2019s creaking PS Store<\/a> appears to have concluded, with full service resumed and no more error messages.<\/p>\n

At least, we\u2019re not having any problems here in Europe anymore, and we\u2019re seeing similar confirmations from around the world.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big relief for fans who feared this may be the beginning of the end for the last-last-gen console\u2019s service, but it\u2019s always worth remembering Sony would need to communicate any potential server shutdowns well in advance.<\/p>\n

In this case, the storefront was likely hit by a bug, which appears to have been (relatively promptly) fixed.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll let you know if things start acting strange again.<\/p>\n

Original Story: Sony has tried to shut down<\/a> the PS3\u2019s creaking PS Store<\/a> before, but it was met with such a ferocious backlash it reversed its decision. The system is almost 20\u00ad years old at this point, though, so whenever it breaks, fans always fear the worst.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what\u2019s happened this week: the last-last-gen console\u2019s storefront has been kicking out maintenance error messages for almost 24 hours now. This was first spotted by the website Delisted Games<\/a>, but we can confirm it\u2019s also happening to us on the European PS Store at least.<\/p>\n

The Japanese giant hasn\u2019t communicated any ongoing maintenance, but it\u2019s not like the PS3 is a priority for it these days, so that\u2019s hardly surprising.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting we\u2019re not having any issues with the PS Vita, and this issue has occurred and been resolved before.<\/p>\n

The PS3\u2019s ancient architecture is undoubtedly a bit of a headache for Sony, as recently the manufacturer\u2019s more modern consoles lost access to old purchased avatars<\/a> as well. Perhaps this maintenance is related to that? (Although it seems unlikely.)<\/p>\n

We\u2019d be surprised if the platform holder tried to take the PS3 offline, as the backlash was so loud and ferocious the first time it tried that we just can\u2019t foresee it attempting it again for many years yet. This is probably just a hiccup that will quietly get corrected, then \u2013 perhaps someone at PlayStation HQ needs to plug in the appropriate cable, or maybe blow on the bottom of a cartridge. Something like that.<\/p>\n

[source delistedgames.com<\/a>, via resetera.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Update [Sun 10th Aug 2025, 12pm]: A shaky week for the PS3\u2019s creaking PS Store…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,1963,12392,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-57292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-ps-store","tag-ps3","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}