Sony has yet to comment on the issue officially, but this was inevitable.
Its impressive that Sony held out this longthe PSP has been discontinued for over seven yearsbefore pulling the plug.
There’s a lot of history that’s at risk of disappearing here.
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For want of a better term, and until further notice, they’re “dead.”
The same could happen with the PS3/PSP/Vita games on the PlayStation data pipe.
Once Sony shuts that option off, those games might be gone for good.
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Another issue comes from the PS3’s physical library.
(If your hard drive’s full, remember you could store PS3 data onany USB drive.)
Take your turn now while you still can.
The Vita’s exclusive library is relatively small, as the system didn’t last very long.
There’s a lot of history that’s at risk of disappearing here.
Sony seems intent on accelerating away from its past and exploring the PS3’s library in 2021.
That might be its biggest overall mistake.
