PS3 and Vita store are closing next year
how long untill they close down online for ps3 outright? When ps3 netflix got shut down this year ps3 online traffic went down by like 50 percent. Guessing they only kept it up because beaners were still buying CoD off the psn store.
YOU WILL OWN NOTHING
If you don't have HEN installed by this point then you're a retard
>>742336072so whens phantasy star nova coming to pc?
Had to be someday. Last call for buying Fatal Frame and Megaman Legends at sane prices, I guess. Or pirate, but if you don't want to do that then this is it.
>>742336072Remember that authentication “bug”? Playing an old game you bought for yourself without paying someone for the privilege every time you boot it up will be a crime.
>>742336072I have a Vita that I havent touched since 2017, any cool homebrew guides for this?
This will send shockwaves across the Latinx world.
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ALL MY 20 YEAR OLD UNCSLOP AND PS1/PS2 ROMS NOOOOOOif you didn't play or purchase that shit you didn't actually need it
>>742336939>burns down your uncslop 70 year old houseI guess you didn't neeeeeed it
>>742336939>the tide is washing away all the oceanfront properties, but I am safe forever as I am a whole street behind them!
>>742336939>you will own NOTHING and be happy!!
>>742336319they cant, it's p2p
>Sony supports ends after 20 years:(>Nintendo support ends after 10 years:)
>>742337645doesn't it need to connect to some sort of server to authenticate psn account names and shit like that?
>>742336479thisjust HEN and pirate shit. vita is even easier its not even funny
>>742337789the crashout was way louder for nintendo and autists are literally recreating the actual eshop so you dont have to go through hshop. ps never gets that kind of dedication, its always "good enough" bang up jobs
We’re ending the ability to purchase games digitally on PS Vita and PS3. We’re announcing an all-digital future for the PS5.
>>742336072Shouldn't they have fully normalized digital-only BEFORE a real-life demonstration of why it's a bad idea?
>>742336319Who knows.
>>742336437>>742337636It's clearly stated you still own the digital games and DLCs you've bought in the storefront, you won't be able to purchase anything after the date limit
>>742339567It actually says they'll eventually stop you from downloading purchased content.>To ease the transition, players will still be able to download previously purchased content after the closing date for the foreseeable future.
dont some ps3 iso methods use sonys servers?
>>742340667no company has yet to shut down their download servers for games you've bought. You can still download your Wiiware games from the og Wii.
>>742337816PS3 Slim owner here, CFW is superior. Super Slim owners are wieners.
>>742341015some slims only have hen as an option as well
>>742340801Seems like Sony are about to try it in the foreseeable future.
how will the "they won't take your access to digital games" crowd react to this
>>742340801Sony already did with the PSP store
>>742341181nah I think that's just vauge wording. Some other company would have also done it by now if it cost anything at all.
>>742340667>It actually says they'll eventually stop you from downloading purchased content.holy ESL
>>742336072You can get a PC or continue living like goypig in a closed ecosystem, at the mercy of some corporate idiot drones.
I'm surprised the servers for ps3 is still going
>>742341747>get a PC like me so you can cry on steam forums because the games don't work
>>742341536you can still download them on your ps3 and then transfer to your psp if you use the same account. That is if you're the one person who still hasn't hacked his psp.
>>742341629anon, these are TWO layers of "actually we're not guaranteeing anything" back to back. they are purposefully making as clear as possible that you should NOT assume that it stays forever
>>742341787Who the fuck are you quoting, idiot?I never cried on a Steam forum. For games with issues, there are plenty of ways to fix them- manual tweaking, using Windows options, using fan mods or patches.On consoles you don't only have these options, but you can't play old games to begin with.I can launch any DOS or Amiga game in 10 seconds, and everything that came after on my W10 desktop.>some clueless people asking for help on some forum, take that PC!Cretin. You deserve to be fucked in the ass by Sony and Microsoft.
>>742336072Again? It's like the third or fourth attempt on closing ps3 and it will not work.
>>742341812>You still have to work around to access the content you bought I won
>>742341747>>742341992>PCvegan enters the thread
>I'm dumber than an 8-year-old and can't use even a laptop. Please fuck me in the ass, Sony, I'm just an idiot incapable of reading basic instruction manuals for anything.Brown/American problems.
>>742342125nigger you can still download a thing that you paid for albeit in a slightly convoluted way so it's literally not >money stolenat least not yet
>>742342320>PCvegan cries when he gets btfo
>>742342289>console drone shits itself in impotent rage, to then adapt to another humiliation ritual, as he's as powerless and as clueless as his dipshit parent, who didn't give him any attention and didn't teach him how to be a technologically functioning person.Woawah.Just pop that button, wathc some ads, and play that SNOY cinematic walking simulator strong wamen dad game slop.
What games should I grab before the prices rise even more? What can't you buy digitally on the PS3 store?
>>742336072I thought vita meant life.
>>7423429853d dot game heroes and folklore are two of the big ones. but don't overpay for the coomlector price.
>>742336578>>742342985>payingYou retards know NoPayStation exists, right?
>>742343292I bought the 3D dot game heroes trade demo and the game already. Folklore I'll definitely be grabbing. Though I thought Folklore wasn't on the store?>>742343318I like having physical games, retard. I already hacked my PS3 a million years ago.
>>742343424>Though I thought Folklore wasn't on the store?it's not on the store that's why it's so expensive, there's only some dlc packs on the store you can still buy.
>A fake famitsu thread popped out of nowhere due to this bad newsShould I even be surprised?
What are the Vita Homebrew options these days?Still gotta get those additional DLC songs for IA/VT somehow....
>>742345310It's all easily available. The vita recently got a Morrowind port. It's pretty cool.
>>742345709Hot damn!
>Gaming is lost, gaming is raped, gaming is gone>Pulling your strings, gaming is done>Seeking no truth, winning is all>Find it so grim, so true, so real
>>742346671Yeah I was waiting for one for years. Really glad someone finally did it, it had a bounty of several hundred dollars I believe.
>>742336479i cant even remember what cfw my ps3 is on ebcause i havent used it in like 10 years, do they have shops where you can just dl and decode psn games now?
>>742342985You can buy on PS3 store, but you have to load up a gift card to do it. They killed conventional payment processing on it years ago. They also killed Vita file transfers for no goddamn reason.
>>742336072This doesn't happen on Steam.
>>742348137Until it eventually does, then it'll be an apocalypse. Actually, everyone just pivots to piracy but eh.
>>742348031Yeah but this kills even that workaround. Though it has been 20 years, they kept it up the longest.
>>742348137Tell that to the Windows 7 users
>>742336479Reminder hen literally downloads shit off the official playstore directly last I checked.
>>742348137>>742348632yeah, you literally can't even play games on the OS steam launched on, Windows XP. Meaning my Windows XP machine cannot play half life 2 on steam even though it literally was released for it.
>>742348721those servers will stay up, people will still have access to stuff they purchased so it can't be shut down. For now, at least.
>>742336072>>742338113People would have to be completely insane to buy PS5 games after this. Sony literally demonstrating how they don't believe purchase entitles you to lifetime access.
>>742336072It was bound to happen. Microsoft shut down the Xbox 360 store like 2 years ago. Are they having a sale on anything before they pull they plug? What are some good digital only exclusives?
>>742336072this is taking forever. i'm installing/updating my ps3 games on my ps3 super slim so it's not useless in the future.
>>742348137Try to buy Pure or old Dirt games
>>742348137Steam will get shut down one day eventually too. Every online service ends at some point. Get Installers from either GOG or elsewhere if you really care about keeping your games forever
>>742349053They never have a sale on the ps3 store anymore unless it's a crossbuy ps4 game where you get the ps3 and vita version thrown in for free. >What are some good digital only exclusives?Tokyo Jungle is an absolute must, no idea why they didn't port it to ps4 or 5. I panic bought it back when they were announcing the store closure the first time and I'm glad I did, it's one of the best games on the ps3 period.
I never hacked my PS3 but freeshop on vita works a million times better than the actual PS store skittle so I don't care.
>>742336072Buy Gradius V while you still can
>>742343318Doesn't NoPayStation use Sony's servers? What happens if Sony closes them?
>>742336072How much does it cost to keep these services running? It cant be THAT costly
So what happens to the games I bought? Can I still download them?
>>742349743>Games>On the PS3 and VitaGood one, anon!
>>742349801Last of Us, Battlefield 4 is among the shit I bought
Only value in purchasing digital ps3 games before they go away is trophies. Who will care about trophies over pirating and installing any game you want?
sony woke up and decided to kill the playstation brand in one fell swoop todaywho the fuck drops two horrible news right after another?
>>742337789>>742337980There was a big crash out last time they did this that lead to them extending it. But after today's annoucement, this is probably going to get burried and forgotten.
>>742350251and conflicting news, even>systems will require our services>also we shutdown our services habituallythis level of pr genius is insane
Install HEN (PS3) and HENkaku (PSVita). Do NOT give them any money. It takes like 5 minutes, psn still works, and so does online. Then install PKGI (PS3) and PKGJ (PSVita), and download all the games you want before the shutdown, since these homebrew stores are based on the psn database, so It's all going down. Trust me, looking for ps3 and vita roms in the future is gonna suck, so just fucking do It now nigger.
>>742350868>Install HEN (PS3) and download as many games as you wantHow, when the number of PS3 games is zero?
>>742350046LolYou can unlock trophies for games you pirated
>>742350868I dont think cfw downloads will be affected. Files will still be have available to download if a user who bought the game legit wants to redownload it. The only thing that will get removed is the payment option.
>>742350996LittleBigPlanet 2 has it's online back, and it's pretty kino..
>>742350868Why is that? Don't tell me nobody cared to upload the roms to vimms lair
>>742351497Yeah true, but they might turn off psn whenever they want at this point, so might aswell not postpone It.
>>742338113>We’re announcing an all-digital future for the PS5.Nah this is being done exclusively for the PS6. PS5 will finish its run with physical games
>>742351521They do, but many of them are poor quality dumps (like killzone3), or straight up DMCAd. You're gonna have to fight with retarded third parties dmca strikeing any attempt at backing up these games, after snoy turns off their database.
So, is the PS3 retro now?
>>742340667they will never do that because right now the narrative for digital is that you can keep them forever through this. If they shut down servers for redonwloads, the bubble bursts. SKG might go global for the kill. For this even Nintendo is still keeping the Wii and DS redownload servers alive still
>>742351848PS4 is retro
>>742336072Happened to the 360 two years ago. It sucks.
>>742351848Yes
>>742336072i thought ps3 had already shut down its online>>742336437im going to nuke klaus direct location if you keep spamming this
>>742351848I still love my PS3. It hurts that Sony decided that digital games on the PS3 are not BACKWARDS compatible on the PS4 and PS5. Absolutely fucking stupid.
legit thought it closed like 5 years ago.
>>742353165They don't want you to play your old games, they want you to keep eating out of the pig slop trough and giving them money. Hope this helps!
>>742353165its harder than flipping some magic switch to add backwards compatibility when you have something like the cell processor to emulatefucking rpcs3 has constant regressions and still needs a super computer for heavy hitter games
>>742351848Nothing with HDMI will ever be retro
>>742353227Nah, you can still load a gift card and go to town on them. PS1/2 Classics might be the best reason to do so at this point, but even there piracy is the obvious counterargument.
>>742348031They had to make the switch to load up since they couldn't secure the payment processors up to the standards of the banks on older consoles
theres still a bunch of people still playing call of duty on ps3. you can instantly get into an advanced warfare lobby.
>>742339450>to ease the transition>foreseeable futureyeah that doesn't sound good, might be time to just mod my PS3.
>>742348721Wouldn't that be fucking easy to Sony detect if you're downloading a game package you don't have a loicense for?
>>742336072Oh no Sonybros... All those PS3 and Vita games... Gone...
>>742353357HDMI 1.X devices are all retro just like USB 1.X is retro on PS2.
>>742354493I think Sony's doing it to themselves. The worrying thing for me about this barrage of news isn't how anti-consumer it all is, but how Sony is doubling down into these PS5 era revenue streams to the point of cutting out all their plan B's. Like sure, a live service that sticks is money, and subscriptions are money. What happens when that eventually taps out or tops off? I feel like Sony is reorganizing into sinking or swimming by these models, and if they ever need to pivot then future generations will lack the infrastucture to do so. I think we're potentially witnessing the end of Playstation here, though it'll be a slow crawl of a decline before the supernova hits. It might work...for a while, and then it won't.
>>742354932>What happens when that eventually taps out or tops off?Then you make another one, and another one, AND ANOTHER ONE!You keep going until you have enough GaaS to outlive the heat death of the universe and then some.
>>742353939I bought a lot of PS1 games on my Playstation 3 a few years back and I definitely enjoyed playing these old games. Went through Parasite Eve 1 and 2,Dino Crisis, and Resident Evil 1 and 2 and had a great time. I'm happy to see most of these games are finally getting released elsewhere so people at least have some legal option of still playing them.
>>742353280Many of those digital PS3 games are multiplatform. They are not limited to a certain system by the complex cell architecture. I believe it's just Sony pushing people to stop playing old games, and either play new ones or the remakes/remasters
>>742336072Eric killed Sony with his Nintendo karma...
>>742336072What is the best storage drive for the PS3 these days?
>>742347854Why would you do that? Just copy them over FTP, downloading over the store was always painful.
>>742356531Any SATA SSD, ps3 i just sata 3gbps.
>>742356127so its up to sony to re port the games in a way the 4 and 5 can easily play them just because it was on xbox too?
>>742356851Long as it's a cheap SSD, since PS3 doesn't support TRIM.
>>742357073Yes, backwards compatibility is one of the few things Xbox has actually done right with their newer consoles. Letting digital purchases carry over and transfer between hardware generations is a crucial aspect of keeping players committed to a particular console br9and
>>742336437more likeYOU WILL OWN EVERYTHINGYou can just pirate all PS3/PSV games. And now you don't even need to feel bad about doing it if you're a moralfag - they just straight up aren't letting you purchase these versions of games anymore.
Sucks but both consoles are completely and easily hacked so its kind of a non problem
>>742336072ShitTime to stock up on DLC
You now remember that Sony introduced dynamic pricing to their PSN Store to jack up prices
>>742359332Wait for the inevitable sale retard
>>742351874Nigga they already did it for the psp
>>742336072Finally time to offload all the HD PS2 collections I have. I haven't had a working PS3 in years but I knew it was a good idea to hold onto those after seeing the prices jump when they were teasing the idea a few years ago.
>>742359537they stopped doing sales for the ps3 since like 2015
>>742336072Good
>>742360508Fuckin jewsI'd still wait until the last week
>>742336657just google it, first hits are all you need. it's a hassle that lasts for a bit and you need to purchase an adapter (and a microSD card if you don't have one at hand) but then it's basically an emulation box that can run any PSP/PSX game along with Vita titles.
>>742337792A soft modded one just needs internet in general, so not sure. Even then you only need to connect once the cmos battery dies
>the only way to play these games in the near future is to pirate themOh no I guess retards will now be forced to learn how to do something they should have learned 20 years ago instead of robbing their parents every time they want to play a fucking PS1 game.
>>742350453Yeah but the crash out was mainly because we found out that PS3s will literally become unusable when the CMOS battery dies after they take down the storefronts. In response they decided to keep the stores up and I think they fixed the CMOS problem in an update.
>>742359589nope, I can still redownload anything I purchased digitally for psp
>hurrr has no gea->store sold ps1, psp, and ps2 games as well
>>742336689>This will send shockwaves across the Latinx world.Neither the PS3 or PS Vita are popular in Latin America.
>>742336072i hate these niggers at Sony so much it's unreal
>>742336319It’ll all be shifted over to cloud with dynamic per hour pricing on playtime. Things have to get worse and cost more you don’t understand.
>>742336072Isn't it clever how they did all the controversial stuff mid gen, after everyone bought the console?Really tricked ya in a way Xbox One couldn't.
>>742336072nintendo has shut down every store before the switch but I guess it's ok when they do it
>>742365490You can still download and play games you bought on OG wii
>>742360508Nope. Got steins:gate for $3.00 in 2018 but yeah they stopped in 2019 or so
>>742365571As you will he able to after 2027 on ps consoles
>>742365969But for how long? They stated "foreseeable future" which means they can just cut your access whenever they please
I thought they did this like 3 years ago. I went and bought The Saboteur dlc because I thought it was shutting down back then.
>Decide to make everything digital.>At the same time closing digital stores.huh???
>>742366063They wanted to but there was backlash. Guess no one cares now.
>>742368192boiling frog allegory is always accurate
at least Vita and ps3 are super easy to emulate even with toasters nowadays
>>742368435maybe if rpcs3 would stop regressingtokyo jungle crashes on me now in the tutorial and im not about to keep 20 different versions of the emulator for games to work
>woops, sorry all your games and movies are gone tee heeFucking Sony
>>742368192>no one cares now48 hours ago, I would have scoffed at the notion that Sony is worse than Microsoft. This has not been the case for over 15 years, minimum. I am strongly considering walking back on that today.
>>742360886There are memory card adapters for the Vita now?
>>742336072I think I'm going to install a bigger ssd now for my ps3 to download all my crapThe thing is that I'm thinking in using a spare 500gb I have or bite it and buy a 1tb one, like 100 dollars isn't an issue now But 1tb sounds way too much for a fucking ps3, idk if I would fill it
>>742366062They said the same shit about PSP's store closing and you still being able to access the purchase history and re-download your stuff, it still works today.It's just legal lingo to avoid being bound by an eternal promise of service.
>>742340667>for the foreseeable futureAh yes, just like you can download and "own" those Canal movies you bought on PSN """"for the foreseeable future""""
>>742368812to be fair i've never emulated ps3 so dunno, vita seems to be just fineI do have the 3rd Ars Tonelico game lined up so ILl get there eventually
uhh sony sisters?!?
>>742371378Wouldn't be the worst news they put out today.
>>742354668Yes. And they could in theory also cross-reference that with other Sony consoles, legit ones, regularly connecting from the same IP-address, flag those accounts, and use their billing address information for sending out C&D letters with settlement propositions backed by threat of a lawsuit.
>>742336540This but Tokyo Jungle
>>742366063It was delayed, dipshit. Obviously it was coming after Xbox marketplace shut down
>>742368435Over 5 GB of ram minimum is not a toaster, retard
I'm using this bad boi but I don't know if the binaries come from Sony or some sort of 3rd party backupAm I going to be Ok for the next 20 years?
>>742350996Faggot, we had Modnation Racers: One of the most based kart racers to ever exist.
Will PKGi work after the ps3 store shuts down?
So they'll be indefinitely hosting servers for us to download the games and open them with a rap for free. Genius.
>>742375443It's what xbox is currently doing. At this point we're waiting to see how long it'll last. It's been 2 years so far.
>>742336072I heard that you need to activate your console using PlayStation Network account to play games with PS3HEN. Will the PlayStation Store shutdown make it impossible to activate new PSN account on the console? Do I need to install HEN on my PS3 ASAP?
>>742376109you don't need to activate it with PSN unless you want to play something that needs to talk to the server like White Knight Chronicles (one day game will be impossible to play this single player game. It doesn't even use the online for anything anymore but it still checks for it)
