Sony to close down PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita by July 2027
Sony is closing the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita consoles globally in July 2027, citing the inability of these older systems to support modern commerce and payment processing updates. This decision impacts new content purchases on these platforms, which were originally released in 2006 and 2012 respectively. The article also briefly mentions Sony's plan to discontinue physical discs for new games from 2028 and a similar move by Xbox regarding disc drives.
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