{"id":668030,"date":"2026-07-01T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668030\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:52:10","slug":"ps3-ps-vita-digital-stores-to-close-starting-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668030\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3, PS Vita Digital Stores to Close Starting Later This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PS3,<\/a> Image: Damien McFerran \/ Push Square<\/p>\n

After 20 years of support, Sony will finally close the PS3 and PS Vita digital storefronts starting this year.<\/p>\n

In a PS Blog<\/a> post, the platform holder announced that in Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua, support will end in August 2026. This will extend to Latin America and Middle Eastern countries in late 2026.<\/p>\n

All other major territories, including the USA and UK, will continue to be supported until July 2027. After that point, the stores will be permanently taken offline and you will no longer be able to purchase digital games from them.<\/p>\n

Sony says \u201cto ease the transition, players will still be able to download previously purchased content after the closing date for the foreseeable future\u201d, so any content you already own will remain available in perpetuity until further updates are announced.<\/p>\n

Sony also announced today it\u2019ll no longer manufacture physical PlayStation games beyond January 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The platform holder justified its decision to close the PS3 and PS Vita\u2019s stores with the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this news may be disappointing to PS3 and PS Vita players who hold a special place in their hearts for this generation of gaming. PS3 and PS Vita represent an important era in our PlayStation history, so this was not an easy decision for us to make.<\/p>\n

As we continue to expand the PlayStation experience on newer devices that most of our users are playing on today, we need to focus more resources on delivering the best gaming experiences on these platforms as we look ahead towards the future.<\/p>\n

To our amazing players, we want to give our heartfelt thanks for your ongoing passion and support, which has helped inspire us to shape PlayStation into what it is today. We are excited for the future ahead as we continue to push the boundaries of play. We look forward to having you on this journey with us as we explore new game worlds and new adventures that have yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be fair, Sony tried to take these storefronts offline in 2021<\/a>, but a biblical backlash bought fans five more years of support.<\/p>\n

It looks like this time its decision is final, though.<\/p>\n

Do you think it’s the right time to close the PS3, PS Vita stores? (385 votes)
\nYes, it had to happen eventually35%Maybe, I’m not really sure13%No, they should remain online forever52%<\/p>\n

[source blog.playstation.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: Damien McFerran \/ Push Square After 20 years of support, Sony will finally close the PS3 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,1963,223682,12392,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-668030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-ps-store","tag-ps-vita","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\/668030","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=668030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}