PS Vita Devs Angry At Sony, Weren't Warned About Store Shutdown, Games Canceled Or Lost As A Result
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When you said that Sony's primary goal was profits means they aren't serving the higher calling to what they are suppose to do YongYea, ever heard about a Japanese company that existed for over 1,020 years? Well you better look it up because they serve "the higher calling" to why they exist to this day. In Sony's case, they need to stick to the higher calling on why Play Has No Limits.
@Carl Goldsmith By then Vita emulation will be viable, and you can easily dump your legally owned games as a backup.
When the CMOS or PRAM battery dies you will lose all access to digital downloads.
Rockstar Games: "Profit has no limits."
It truly breaks my heart that video games are still treated like skeevy attractions at a mall parking lot carnival . I know it really all comes down to big wigs in the industry choosing not to respect video games as an art form and that blasé attitude getting reflected in their “leadership”. It’s still so gut wrenching to me. Especially considering the circumstances surrounding majority of game development. People put so much hard work into this shit, just to be unceremoniously told that they have T Minus 6 Months to get their shit and get out. Gross.
It's so sad to see Sony take such a huge shit on the console ecosystem they built. I own a PS3, a PS4 and a PS Vita. Owned a PS1 back then and had a PS2 borrowed from a friend at some point. There are a TON of old games that people love to speedrun for example, and have to pay a premium to get a legit copy of the game on the original hardware. All because Sony doesn't give us a better alternative. Stuff like this only adds fueld to that fire.
Don’t buy sony
Sony at its finest
Some devs have already started to remove some games and dlc so buy them before its too late
The PS Vita was still around? Woah, I didn’t know that.
When will the class action lawsuits come? Because at this point it's like we'll have to file a lawsuit every time they breathe; first with controller drift now stuff like this!
I wonder if these indie developers will jump ship to other brands: Microsoft, Nintendo, Atari, Intellevision...
This is why Nintendo switch is better
Let's stop complaining because the Vita store is closing,. It was bound to happen,. Same with the ps3,. Its been 15 years or so,.this isn't anything new,. Crying about it won't change anything,. Nintendo does the same thing,.
Somebody please, get rid of that tyrannical CEO Jim Ryan. He’s ruining Sony’s reputation and surely has no idea what he is doing.
Even the BB in the back is pissed
Please anyone sue Sony to keep the ps3,ps vita and PSP
Sony should not expect people to buy the all-digital console when it’s just going to be an expensive brick in a decade.
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It's getting really hard to defend Sony these days
you cant even use dualschock 4 on ps5 games... greedy
That's such an aggressive move though,
Are lawsuits against Sony really not viable at this point?
I hope people will notice vita3k. Because Vita emulation is not good if people interest to emulation it would make it better and it allows us to preserve the history of Vita.
Play has limits
Oh, so *_NOW_* people are getting upset about this happening but, over the last 10+ yrs., almost everyone had a nonchalant, apathetic attitude towards backwards compatibility. Accepting, justifying, supporting, excusing, downplaying and promoting SONY's lame-ass excuses for not having BC in their new(er) consoles like PS4 & 5. Now that SONY is basically giving anyone who cherishes and still plays legacy games the giant middle finger and screaming "FU" in their face, suddenly preserving these games is now of concern? Where was the noticeable outrage back before PS4 and PS5 came out when it was revealed that they would not be supporting BC? Oh yeah, now I remember: Nearly everyone just shrugged their shoulders, said "well that sucks.." and then immediately began squeeing and swooning over current gen graphics, current gen controller ergonomics and current gen console case designs. To quote the famous villain - _"Young fools.. Only _*_NOW, AT THE END,_*_ do you understand."_ Typical, predictable and pathetic.
Hmm, it's almost like... They shouldn't shut the stores down to begin with 😒
I don't know what they (Sony) are talking about if they are saying PS3 store will close in/on July. I am on my PS3 right now and after an update I couldn't block I can't buy anything from the PSN store. I see prices but can't buy anything at all PS3/Vita/psp. This April 7th what the hell? Anyone know? Did they start early? The update was 4.87, I already restarted my PS3 but can't get anything from PSN store?
Lack of backwards compatibility on consoles led me to strictly playing on PC. I hope Sony becomes the new Stadia.
If Sony thinks I'm going to subscribe to PS Now to play retro games, they have another thing coming. Sony is literally saying "we don't care" and expecting us to support them anyway. Glad I bought a Switch.
I think the devs are most like the JP section since I checked the games in the EU store and boy there was barely any "good" games on it and last update of games was some random indies from 10/2020. There more selection in the JP store so honestly I care less with the EU/US stores. Plus the hardware is dated, its good hardware but phones now are more superior, especially thr touchscreen and graphics.
This is theft plain and simple. We PAID for the ability to download the game in a digital format from the store and also to be able to REDOWNLOAD from the store if we got new hardware or deletion due to space issues, this was to offset the lack of security from owning a hardcopy. YOU ARE THIEVES SONY, YOU ARE DESPICABLE DISHONORABLE THIEVES!!! I despise sony and everything they stand for after their HQ was moved to the US.
Pretty sure that piss peddling with selling the kit right before it's useless is an offence.
Was gonna get a PlayStation but this put me off
While this doesn't exonerate Sony, anyone still developing new games for this in 2021 should really reconsider their priorities.
at least on Xbox one/series I can still play Xbox 360 and OG Xbox games. It would be cool to be able to play ps3 games on ps4/5
No one bought a vita, and no one is buying a vita to play a few obscure games. Their best option to move to Switch
Im glad that gravity rush got away to ps4 so even if basically just a small amount of people know about it, it at least didnt stop with the vita Im sorry for all those that have their favorite games now being cut of, sony really is playing dumb with this
Sony is really losing my faith with this and the scalping.
They should port the games to the switch
Exactly
Sony is a terrible company, and at this point they’re more backwards than Nintendo in some ways, and as much as I like Nintendo, they’ve been a pretty backwards company for years.
I just bought a used Vita on Ebay in Feb of this year..... this really hampers my goal of collecting over time as it seems many physical copies of games are ridiculously overpriced on Ebay/Amazon.... Why would you not support continued sales of digital games.. Is money not wanted? Or, do they have a new handheld in the works that no one knows about? (wishful thinking I know)
July 2nd 2021: the day Sony died... # RIPSony
PlayStation needs to apologize
Could they sue them out of curiosity?
As a dev why would you want to develop for Sony platforms if this is what they do
Bad year for Sony.. competition putting them into the ground and shutting down what made them good. Nobody missed the tone deaf Sony
Having a Playstation now a days feels like living in an abusive relationship.
I wish for all of these big inconsiderate and greedy companies to burn in hellish aether for eternity.
We need a list of games for vita in chat!!!
Damn man I’ll never get to buy so many great games. Sony should let indie make a store for ps vita
I have said this before if i were a dev i would probably be so mad and start calling ps a scum company. Luckily i aint a dev but damm😂
This might be the best advertising for X-Box can get and with the amazing Gamepass,Sony is fucking them selves up the back side with a chainsaw in a bad way with this stupidity. !
Welp... looks like I'll be having into my Vita sometime into the future since they will take away the ability to actually buy games for the system, smh
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This is sony america. You have to be bliend or brain dead to stop the kill the ps store on vita considering the niche following in Japan. Japanese player are not happy about it.
Imagine buying a “digital edition” vita or ps3. Fucking digital edition ps5 is a scam.
Sony: releases a portable console and it fails so they stop supporting it YEARS AGO BTW Indie devs: chooses to release game on a dead in the water console (for whatever odd ball reason) Sony: desides to take down the vita store for obvious reason Indie devs: wtf man you can do that you're an ass hole seriously what did these devs expect when making a game for the vita??? like, oh no you cant sell your game to Greg Miller and the 10 other people that still own a vita. meanwhile there is a HUGE market for indie literally every other console out there including the pc, the HOME of indie games. why is this news? is it bc the big bad corp doesn't care about the little guys? wow shocker, we totally didn't know that was the case at all, ESPECIALLY with sony of all corps. to be clean, sony not sending out an email to devs even just a month before this announcement is a dick move. but i just cant see a reason to feel bad for these devs when the writing has been on the wall for years and years at this point.
Sony doesn't care. Remember when we heard "don't throw your old games out", only 2 be dissapointed by the lack of backwards compatibility on the PS5. Sony is fucking up. The PS5 isn't anything special. It's a super ugly console btw. And yes, i own 1.
Things couldn't get any worse after hearing both this and that Sony is killing Sony Japan. 2021, what else can go wrong.
I really wanted Blasphemous on Vita!
I genuinely hoped they would have bought ratchet and clank deadlocked out for vita at some point, I know you get it as a ps3/4 bundle (Qforce I believe) but it’s only playable on ps3/4. I mean they have the trilogy, for me it ended with deadlocked. I miss deadlocked.
The Vita community has been one the best game communities I've seen, just people passionate about a console and thats it
Ppl will jump to piracy and Xbox for that reason
I still use the PS-Vita and PS3. the shutdown of the PS store for these platforms is a bad business plan. Knowing this will be the future of the PS4 and PS5 why would i ever buy another game from sony. I can still play all my steam games on my oldest PC. Someone needs to make a 3rd party store for the PSP, PS-Vita, and PS3. This hardware needs to continue.
I had gotten my vita late 2012 going into 2013, 9-10 yrs ago. It’s ironic in 2 ways. 1st: they want to introduce a retro trophy system for PS3,2&1, BUT for “CLASSIC GAMES”, which are those is the question. They bring up this ambitious idea while also wanting to shut down the digital stores to ps3,vita, and psportable, eradicating and thanos snapping the existence of retro games on those stores. 2nd: the last minute announcement that these stores would shut down is the same way with google and their system google stadia. They gave false hope, lying about its longevity, only to announce its unanimous death when everyone else hears the news. Dafaq u doin Sony?
I just bought a used VIta almost 2 months ago with my first paycheck, and it made confirm that just like his older brother the PSP it is an excellent piece of Hardware with even better Software. At least I'm very happy knowing that the Vita homebrew scene is the most active of the "modern" handelds.
"In other news, PS Vita devs are still a thing..."
i still play my old games on my ps3 gotta pick up a few more before they kill these games
As someone who owned a lot of Sony products over the years, including a Vita, I gotta say Sony is a terrible company. Terrible business practices, terrible customer service.
For being one of the most well known modern day console manufacturers, with tons of exclusive games and memories held within so many millions of people, Sony is handling their past like they just want to wipe it all away and start anew, preservation allows the future to experience a piece of the past and maybe even find games they never knew about at the same time. Microsoft doesn't have as many exclusives, but the way you treat your past tells so much about how you will act in the future. Just wow, from walk-man to walk-out.
I still don't see the outrage. Last last gen systems closing stores. I could have warned them of this 10 years ago.
So does this mean these games will no longer be available after certain point, especially online games?ffs if that is the case.
I just have to say: Fuck Sony. Won't ever support their platforms anymore. PS4 was the last, if I ever are going to aquire a new console it will be an Xbox. If they want their community they built, they need to preserve the games that are released on their platforms. They litterarly conterdict their philosophy in 2014. I wish they fail miserably with the PS5, I hope all the scalpers get as many PS5 as possible so that their stores plummit in revenue.
Sony didnt want digital games. They didnt want backwards capably. Laughed at smart delivery. In ideas they follow xbox all the way but people believe sony is the future some how
This is what happens when you move to California.
This is is why I don't play on my PlayStation 4 Pro anymore, and why I won't be supporting Sony going forward. All Sony do is remove stuff. Can't support anything where one day you have something, the next day you don't. F that.
Sony is getting less and less likable for me as time goes on
I guess its time to buy star ocean second story on vita
After this happened... did anyone notice how physical copy’s of PSvita games started to go up...
Absolutely loved Demon's Teir + on the PSVita, and that came out last year! (I believe...?) Well worth the low price. Trust me.
I get my hentai games on vita
Sony doesn't care about some tiny indie developer. Indies are only important to the point their games can be exploited by Sony. Sony is not going to let some anonymous coder get in the way of making major decisions about their consoles. It's a shame because these major corporations seem to forget that having goodwill in your customer community is just as good as having cash in your pocket.
let's hope STEAM nevel close
Emulators and roms for the stuff already released.
Console should have something like Steam where everything is centralized and unified together. Hopefully Steam is never changing eternal platform.
Well this just keeps justifying vita piracy more
"This is for the players." Funny way of showing it. I mean, Nintendo can be shady at times but when it comes to the preservation of their legacy, I'd go as far as to claim that nobody does it better.
Yeah... I think I made the right move when I've gone offline from PSN.
I wish Sony will discontinue Vita next year.
This really sucks, I was planning on buying some of the older hardware for some games that interested me but I'm not so sure anymore.
I'm conflicted on if I should buy games before the store closes for good just because this would be supporting Sony's decision, even though I would miss not being able to have the option to buy these games ever again.
I haven't bought a ps5 yet and refuse to until they start seriously looking at backwards compatibility. Starting to realize pc is where it's at.
yeah pc is definitely where its at, what i did is jailbreak all these old ps devices so i get free games, if they aren’t gonna support im not gonna abide the rules
The only way to stop them is doing a riot. But people will still buying their stuff cause they don't understand the matter and hoe important it is.
Still trying to find a copy of Symphony Of The Night all these years later for less than an arm and a leg. I'm pretty sure PS wants to create scarcity, though I'm surprised that PS doesn't want to follow Microsoft's success in the game pass.
When the CMOS or PRAM battery 🔋 dies you will lose all your digital downloads. You will be locked out forever.
This is pretty much why Sony should let us jailbreak the PS3, because clearly they are overprotective on their bullshit. Oh wait, it isn't called the PS3, it's the PS Triple.
Not even upset about the vita developers that console old asf
Sony really has become a scumbag company. between all the DMCA strikes (illegal), censorship, and over all bad decisions.. I went from a PS fanboy, (love my vita too), to pc master race. I just don't have faith in them.
What a great time to be a pirate with standards.....
So is buying games on the store now before the store closes a viable option or is buying "hard copies" better? I wish MGS Peacewalker could be played with the second joystick rather than direction pad. Vita could have been a competitor against the gameboy. Need to buy memory cards now.
If the PS3 and Vita could emulate PS1 and PS2 games, a PS4 and PS5 could effortlessly, especially since it was emulation. I wanna say I heard/read somewhere that it was just PCSX running on the PS3 for all PS1 games.