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Sony announces that the PS3 and Vita stores are going offline on the same day it tells us we won't be able to buy physical games in future — 'This is why physical media matters'

Sony has announced that the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita storefronts will soon shut down
They will close next month in some regions, and next year in the UK, US, and Australia
The news comes as the company announces the end of physical disc production in 2028

If today's news that PlayStation will stop producing physical game discs in 2028 wasn't bad enough, the company has also quietly announced that it will be closing the PS3 and PS Vita storefronts soon.

On the official PlayStation Blog, the company argues that the decision was driven by the fact that these old systems "are no longer able" to support "modern commerce systems" and current payment processing standards.

"PS3 and PS Vita represent an important era in our PlayStation history, so this was not an easy decision for us to make" the post says.

The storefronts will not be wound down immediately....

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