Many games for these systems, especially the PSP and PS Vita, are available only via these digital storefronts. This may be a sigh of relief for fans, but still doesn't rectify the overarching problems regarding the company's stance on video game preservation. That being said, Sony has confirmed this shutdown would only impact the functionality of purchasing new games, and already purchased games can be re-downloaded after the shutdown as well. It's true that many of these consoles, especially the PSP, have certainly grown old enough to warrant such a move.
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The Japanese gaming giant has revealed its plans to shut down the PlayStation Stores for PS3 and PSP on July 2, and PS Vita on August 27.
Allowing players to run these games directly off a disc is a huge advantage, increasing the value of a gamer's pre-owned catalog of games.Īnother recent announcement that has caused further distress among fans is the shutting down of certain PlayStation stores. The Xbox Series X can run most games, regardless of which generation of Xbox it belongs to, with the exception of Kinect titles. It's fine on its own, but falls short when compared to the obvious competition.
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The PS5 fares a bit better in this regard, as it can natively run nearly all software for the PS4 without any problems. In addition to this, not all games on PS Now can be downloaded instead they are streamed over the cloud, which has its own set of issues for fans. However, the PS4 doesn't support such a thing, and players who wish to play older games would need to use PlayStation Now, which requires players to pay a subscription to play a smaller collection of legacy titles. For the uninitiated, backward compatibility simply refers to a console's ability to run the software, games in this case, of a previous generation machine.īack in the day Sony pioneered backwards compatibility efforts, with the PS2 being backward compatible with almost all PS1 games, and the original PS3 having hardware accelerated backwards compatibility with PS2 and PS1 titles. Backward compatibility might not sound important at first, but it certainly goes a long way in ensuring video game preservation efforts are made.
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