Sony is closing the PS3 and Vita digital stores

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Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.

It’s the end of an era for the PlayStation store on PS3 and PS Vita, with Sony now planning to shut down its digital distribution service on both consoles. The PlayStation store on PS3 will close in select markets later this year, including Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua starting in August, with “additional Latin American and Middle Eastern countries” to follow in late 2026.

The shutdown across both PS3 and PS Vita “in all other countries” will take effect in July 2027. After this date, Sony says that console owners will be unable to purchase new content, but can continue downloading games they’ve previously purchased “for the foreseeable future” after the deadline passes. That means if you haven’t already purchased specific titles for the aging consoles...

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