Sony Reverses PS3 And Vita Shutdown Decision
Approximately three weeks ago, Sony made the announcement that it was shutting down their digital marketplace for Playstation 3, Playstation Vits and PSP games this summer. PSP was to go down July 2, and PS3 and Vita would have their plugs pulled August 27. Any games purchased prior to that deadline would still be downloadable from the user’s account, but there would be no buying anything new from that point forward. The response was immediate, loud, and overwhelmingly negative….so much so that Sony walked back the decision today. “It’s clear that we made the wrong decision here,” said Sony Interactive head Jim Ryan, with cartoon sweat shooting out of the sides of his head. “When we initially came to the decision to end purchasing support for PS3 and PS Vita, it was born out of a number of factors, including commerce support challenges for older devices and the ability for us to focus more of our resources on newer devices where a majority of our gamers are playing on. We