PlayStation to close PS3 and PS Vita stores, full shutdown by July 2027

Infomercial7

kind of crazy that there was only a brief, 30 year period where you could truly own physical copies of films, games, shows, and music that you liked and now that's over

Nihil / Alexander5

Single worst day in playstation history easily

🍁 Coconut 🍁5

Lo de ir quitando el formato físico en todos los medios, no solo en los videojuegos es una jugada que debería darnos mucho más miedo que rabia. Cuando el acceso a cualquier producto cultural dependa de una macrocorporación estad seguros que usarán ese poder para reescribir la historia.

RisXch3

This is really depressing I know PC is also digital only but at least multiplayer is free, mods allow better freedoms and I can do more with my PC There’s no way I’m buying a PS6

Dayo11

A tomar por culo la ludografía independiente y los experimentos digitales de hace dos generaciones. Cojonudo.

Paige, TheMaverickGirl6

I feel much better about picking up that expensive copy of Klonoa a week-ish ago now. There's a cheap method to getting it on PS3 right now, but how long does that last once this store goes away? This is why physical media matters in the digital age.

Trash5

Friendly reminder that it's incredibly easy to hack a Vita and access literally every game released digitally in all regions.

Blitz Pride Mode4

absolutely insane time to announce the only way to buy our games is our online store Also by the way we are shutting down some of those online stores

adewa3

this announcement immediately after saying "hey we're stopping physical disc production going forward in 2028" makes that an even worse look than it already was

ravanal [ex.meidoIDKFA] 🔞 🕹3

Good thing i already got the PS Vita essentials.

Seluina3

Between this and the removal of the disk drive. It feels worse and worse to enjoy gaming as a hobby.

Wolfjillyjill 🏳️‍🌈🐺🎮🌿🔨🏹3

While I personally don't care about what they're doing with physical games, this fucking sucksssss like crazy. I understand that those stores are old & it's not like they get new sales at all, but still. Those stores are still important & kicking. At least we'll still have access to our purchases.

snarkysunbro.bsky.social2

Remember, kids. Once they no longer offer a way to purchase a game you want, piracy becomes acceptable. ❤️

Will Wulff, Damn It!!12

Sony are cowards for announcing this the day after we record our podcast Cowards I say!!

Knux 🐲10

It’s extremely telling how you can announce that you’re no longer selling physical copies of games while simultaneously announcing alongside that you’re closing digital stores for past consoles.

RED Ratchet9

This is where I really start to crash out 💔

Larx Arcanum3

And while people will say 'Nintendo will be the last bastion for physical games', they will also crumble under the pressure. It's saddening to think about the possibility that my great nieces and nephews will never be able to own or even play the same games that impacted my life while growing up.

Joshua Hallaran | 8-Bit Adventures 23

I'm in shock. I believe very strongly in ownership/physical releases/competitive pricing. But physical editions are also HUGELY beneficial to indie devs like myself - both financially & for community. I urge @playstation.com to reconsider; if not their own games, at least for 3rd parties.

Jazz13

To be fair, you stopped owning games when the discs just contained the license for the game. You had to download 90% of it since the game code doesn't live on the disc anyway. :)

emo homo6

🫩 man fuck this lmao

leah ✧₊⁺4

because digital storefronts are so reliable for keeping games avaliable

Andrea Peñalver4

El infierno era esto. Capítulo II.

Amy 🇨🇦3

No body asked for this.

Min. Foolish Farrakhan3

Super scam cuz the games take so much damn memory. The era of paying for stuff you can’t actually “own” is infuriating.

Wine Daddy of Philadelphia2

Y’all better make some noise. Bullying legit works and digital copies are anti consumer. I’m not buying GTA VI if it’s no physical and this might be my last Sony console if they go digital only.

Dylan2

Not even exaggerating this is one of the worst headlines I will ever read in my lifetime

Chris Beveridge13

I'm a very, very, casual gamer. This largely ends console gaming for me in terms of new properties. I can still pull out my PS2, which I own, and play what, 100% of my games anytime I want.

Orlando B ✍️ COMMS OPEN11

Fuck me, let us own shit, you motherfuckers!

AJ MacReady6

I walk into the room. I give the eyeball to every motherfucker in there. I sense they don't respect my authority. I pull my sidearm and, never breaking eye contact with the room at large, fire a shot directly into my genitals. "Who's tough now?!" I scream, or think I do, as I have lost consciousness

Evan Minto4

78% of PS games are bought digitally and that number is going down, so I can see the logic in this. But for me it removes the justification for playing on a console. If I can't even own the games physically I might as well get a Steam Machine.

ariana!! 🗡✨4

this is actually a wildly heartbreaking piece of news. physical media is the only way to TRULY own something, and spending $80-$100 on a new game that could potentially (and easily!!!) be lost or permanently deleted due to power outage, failed data transfers, etc. is an insane concept just gutted 😭

Jessica3

this coming out the same week they deleted 500 movies people paid for sure is a strategy, not a good one but a strategy

Deep Hurting 🐈🐈‍⬛𓃠3

I hate having to buy games from Steam and Epic already. My PS4 was my last bastion for actual physical discs. If Sony is going the way of digital only, I will never buy one. I'll buy the PC version instead.

Nationally Published Troll3

It's kind of funny that people would never dream of buying physical PC games, but the idea of a console ending its physical disc production is shocking... but part of what makes consoles sell is that they are somehow different than a PC, somehow worth owning as their own stand-alone thing.

Christerious3

Breaking news: PS6 will literally have no games, thanks Sony

GaymerLocutus2

Sony cerrará la Store de PS3 y Vita comenzando por algunos países el mes que viene,