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Closure of PS3, PSP, Vita Playstation Store soon
« on: March 22, 2021, 11:54:35 am »
Copypasta from Klonoa @ Blog for some unfortunate news...

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The PS3, PS Vita, and PlayStation Portable stores aren’t long for this world. According to a source familiar with the situation (verified by TheGamer), the stores are due to be closed down from July. The announcement is planned for the end of this month.
PSP’s and PS3’s stores are to be closed on July 2, while the PS Vita store will stay open until August 27. After those dates, you will no longer be able to purchase digital copies of games or DLC for any of the Sony consoles mentioned above.
- thegamer.com

Earlier this month, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Bandai Namco’s catalogue of other PS1 titles were quietly delisted from the UK Playstation store. [https://klonoa-at-blog.tumblr.com/post/644772937999728640/klonoa-door-to-phantomile-quietly-delisted-from] Bandai Namco has delisted titles in the past without any given reasoning [https://delistedgames.com/companies/bandai-namco/] but either the timing is coincidental or it has something to do with the stores eventual global closure.

Until the stores closing, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is still available for purchase in the US and Japan Playstation Stores. Purchasing and downloading of the game can only be done via the game console (PS3, PSP, Vita) itself.

Me: Happy 20th to Lunatea's Veil.
Sony: We're taking away peoples ability to legally play Klonoa 1 for a very cheap price in a few months. Oh, and like, Tomba and stuff too. Bye!
Me:  :(

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Re: Closure of PS3, PSP, Vita Playstation Store soon
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2021, 12:26:52 pm »
The PS3, PS Vita, and PlayStation Portable stores will be closed? That doesn't sound good. :(
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Re: Closure of PS3, PSP, Vita Playstation Store soon
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2021, 01:27:52 pm »
Looks like Sony is backing off of closing the Playstation Store for PS3 and Vita.. for now at least. The PSP store functionality is still going to shut off on June 2nd, 2021 though.
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/19/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations/

Meanwhile, Europe still can't download Klonoa: Door to Phantomile anymore.  :sick: