Sony has announced the closing of your digital distribution service PlayStation Store for your PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PS Vita consoles which will no longer be available for all countries from July 2027, although its closure will begin in August for Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua.
After announcing the end of physical video games for PlayStation consoles starting in January 2028, the video game company continues announcing news that closes stages in this case, affecting the sale of video games for the PS3 and PS Vita consoles.
With almost two decades of support for this generation of consoles, Sony has decided close its PlayStation Store digital distribution service on PS3 and PS Vita, which will begin with selected markets starting this year, completely ending the service in July of next year 2027.
This has been detailed by the company in a publication on its PlayStation blog, where it has specified that the digital distribution service for games for PS3 It will close starting August of this year in Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Subsequently, in other countries of Latin America and the Middle East, The PlayStation Store for PS3 will close from end of 2026 and finally it will close for both consoles in all other countries in July 2027.
“This means that It will no longer be possible to purchase new content once the PlayStation Store closes on these devices,” Sony clarified, while indicating that, to facilitate the transition, players They will be able to continue downloading previously purchased content, for a certain period of time after the closing date.
As with the end of production of physical discs, Sony has justified this closure under the idea of continue to evolve to “adapt to modern trading systems, including updated payment processing standards.” PS3 and PS Vita do not support these required updates, so they have chosen to close the PlayStation Store.
The video game company has admitted that it is a “disappointing” news for those players who have “a special affection for this generation of video games”, which represent “a was important in the history of PlayStation.” However, he stressed that as they move forward with new devices, they need to focus their resources on “offering the better gaming experiences on these platforms going forward.”