PlayStation 3 and PS Vita: will the respective stores close soon?

According to a recent rumor reported by thegamer.com portal it seems that Sony will shortly close, definitively, the virtual stores dedicated to video games for sale for PlayStation 3 e PS Vita in digital format. The internal source is not cited by the site, but is believed to be reliable. The official announcement by the Japanese giant should take place by the end of the month. The closure concerns the contents dedicated to Sony's first portable console, PSP. In detail, the stores dedicated to PSP and PlayStation 3 they should be closed next 2 Julywhile that PS Vita it should remain open until the next 27th August. Starting from these dates it will no longer be possible to make purchases of the digital versions of the games dedicated to these consoles. It will also be impossible to purchase any type of DLC for any game currently still available.

PlayStation 3 was originally launched in 2006 and to date it has recorded sales for a total of 87 million units worldwide. Production of the console officially ended about four years ago. Sony's first handheld console, the PSP, sold approx 81 million units since its debut, which took place in March 2005. PS Vita, on the other hand, did not record the same success in terms of sales: about 15 million units have been sold all over the world. A console in which unfortunately we never believed enough, but which was particularly loved by fans of the Sony brand thanks to the possibility of being able to play the original titles for the first PlayStation.

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