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Fans to Fear the Worst 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/3c270d3c96c78\/ps3s-store-has-been-offline-for-a-day-forcing-fans-to-fear-the-worst-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/3c270d3c96c78\/ps3s-store-has-been-offline-for-a-day-forcing-fans-to-fear-the-worst-1.450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/3c270d3c96c78\/ps3s-store-has-been-offline-for-a-day-forcing-fans-to-fear-the-worst-1.900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/3c270d3c96c78\/ps3s-store-has-been-offline-for-a-day-forcing-fans-to-fear-the-worst-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"PS3's Store Has Been Offline for a Day, Forcing Fans to Fear the Worst 1\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Push Square<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update [<time class=\"dated \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T11:00:00+00:00\" data-format=\"D jS M Y, g:ia\">Sun 10th Aug 2025, 12pm<\/time>]:<\/strong> A shaky week for the PS3\u2019s creaking <strong>PS Store<\/strong> appears to have concluded, with full service resumed and no more error messages.<\/p>\n<p>At least, we\u2019re not having any problems here in Europe anymore, and we\u2019re seeing similar confirmations from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a big relief for fans who feared this may be the beginning of the end for the last-last-gen console\u2019s service, but it\u2019s always worth remembering Sony would need to communicate any potential server shutdowns <em>well<\/em> in advance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this case, the storefront was likely hit by a bug, which appears to have been (relatively promptly) fixed.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll let you know if things start acting strange again.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Story:<\/strong> Sony has tried to shut down the PS3\u2019s creaking <strong>PS Store<\/strong> before, but it was met with such a ferocious backlash it reversed its decision. The system is almost <em>20\u00ad<\/em> years old at this point, though, so whenever it breaks, fans always fear the worst.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s what\u2019s happened this week: the last-last-gen console\u2019s storefront has been kicking out maintenance error messages for almost 24 hours now. This was first spotted by the website <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/delistedgames.com\/developing-the-playstation-store-on-playstation-3-appears-to-be-down\/\">Delisted Games<\/a>, but we can confirm it\u2019s also happening to us on the European PS Store at least.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese giant hasn\u2019t communicated any ongoing maintenance, but it\u2019s not like the PS3 is a priority for it these days, so that\u2019s hardly surprising.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting we\u2019re not having any issues with the PS Vita, and this issue has occurred and been resolved before.<\/p>\n<p>The PS3\u2019s ancient architecture is undoubtedly a bit of a headache for Sony, as recently the manufacturer\u2019s more modern consoles lost access to old purchased avatars as well. Perhaps this maintenance is related to that? (Although it seems unlikely.)<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d be surprised if the platform holder tried to take the PS3 offline, as the backlash was so loud and ferocious the first time it tried that we just can\u2019t foresee it attempting it again for many years yet. This is probably just a hiccup that will quietly get corrected, then \u2013 perhaps someone at PlayStation HQ needs to plug in the appropriate cable, or maybe blow on the bottom of a cartridge. Something like that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile insert-extended lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_N6898DE99236AF\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250,300x600\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-mobile-2\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps3\/related-articles:113930,185598 @ 1754845447 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"object-related-list\">\n<article class=\"object-related-article\">\n<p class=\"object-related-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/341c473f50b8f\/150x90.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sony Backtracks PS3, PS Vita Online Store Closures\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"object-related-info\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_Sony_Backtracks_PS3_PS_Vita_Online_Store_Closures\"><\/span><span class=\"category accent\">News<\/span> <span class=\"title\">Sony Backtracks PS3, PS Vita Online Store Closures<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"tagline\">PSP storefront still closing in July<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"object-related-article\">\n<p class=\"object-related-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/094794b69a36c\/150x90.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sony Veterans Notice Their Purchased PS3 Avatars Have Gone Missing\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"object-related-info\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_Sony_Veterans_Notice_Their_Purchased_PS3_Avatars_Have_Gone_Missing\"><\/span><span class=\"category accent\">News<\/span> <span class=\"title\">Sony Veterans Notice Their Purchased PS3 Avatars Have Gone Missing<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"tagline\">You&#8217;re &#8216;avin&#8217; a laugh?!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/delistedgames.com\/developing-the-playstation-store-on-playstation-3-appears-to-be-down\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/delistedgames.com\/developing-the-playstation-store-on-playstation-3-appears-to-be-down\/\">delistedgames.com<\/a>, via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/the-playstation-store-on-ps3-is-currently-down-even-for-purchases-could-this-be-the-end-20-hours-of-downtime-now.1263927\/unread\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/the-playstation-store-on-ps3-is-currently-down-even-for-purchases-could-this-be-the-end-20-hours-of-downtime-now.1263927\/unread\">resetera.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps3\/related-info\/66b8f34b32a72b227d3269cd89bb8da1 @ 1754846672 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first last\">Best PS3 Games of All Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"footer\">\n<ul class=\"share-this \">\n<li class=\" first\">Share:<\/li>\n<li class=\"value\"><span class=\"accent-bg share-count\">0<\/span><span class=\"icon icon-caret-right accent\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page whatsapp accent\" title=\"Share this on WhatsApp\" data-service=\"whatsapp\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-whatsapp\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page bsky accent\" title=\"Share this on Bluesky\" data-service=\"bsky\" data-username=\"pushsquare.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page facebook accent\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\" data-service=\"facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-facebook\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page twitter accent\" title=\"Share this on Twitter\" data-service=\"twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-twitter\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page threads accent\" title=\"Share this on Threads\" data-service=\"threads\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-threads\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page messenger accent for-mobile\" title=\"Share this on Facebook Messenger\" data-service=\"fbmessenger\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-messenger\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page reddit accent for-desktop\" title=\"Share this on Reddit\" data-service=\"reddit\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-reddit\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"article-stats\" data-article-id=\"186155\" data-comments=\"58\" data-shares=\"0\" data-likes=\"4\">\n<li class=\" first\">4<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-comments accent icon icon-comments\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comments\">58<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert soft-bg below-article for-mobile insert-extended lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_A6898DE9923A5A\" style=\"min-width:300px; 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He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"icon icon-profile\"><\/span> Author Profile<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/get2sammyb.bsky.social\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return replyTo('get2sammyb');\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert with-label centered block lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_L6898DE9923D5B\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-foot-after-author\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments-list\">\n<section id=\"comments\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Comments <span class=\"counter comment-count\">58<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"comments hidden-comments\" data-subject=\"dgp:news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst\">\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769184\" data-author=\"users\/166921\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769184\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769184\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/166921\/avatar.jpg?v=1492041917\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kienda\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769184\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kienda<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T22:55:24+00:00\">Wed, 11:55pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It\u2019s the last of the three consoles of that generation to still have a working store.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the Wii and 360 sold similar numbers, the PS3 has proven to be a trooper.<\/p>\n<p>I hope it lives for years to come.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769185\" data-author=\"users\/31334\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769185\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769185\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/31334\/avatar.jpg?v=1591550153\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Handy_Man\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769185\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Handy_Man<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T22:56:41+00:00\">Wed, 11:56pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Never take anything for granted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769190\" data-author=\"users\/342341\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769190\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769190\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/342341\/avatar.jpg?v=1717640216\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Balaam_\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769190\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Balaam_<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:08:41+00:00\">Thu, 12:08am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Wonder if there will be any super duper \u2018going out of business\u2019 sales whenever the store really does officially shut down \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769192\" data-author=\"users\/269134\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769192\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769192\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/269134\/avatar.jpg?v=1599512973\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fartingale\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769192\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fartingale<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:10:18+00:00\">Thu, 12:10am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Booted up my ps3 out of curiosity, needed to do a system firmware update, the classic PlayStation 3 experience.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769194\" data-author=\"users\/322563\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769194\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769194\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Drago201\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769194\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Drago201<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:12:11+00:00\">Thu, 12:12am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Bruh that thing is a travesty to traverse I&#8217;d rather kneel on dry rice and be whipped while naked and wet<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769198\" data-author=\"users\/242842\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769198\" data-dislikes=\"3\" data-id=\"8769198\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Runex2121\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769198\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Runex2121<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:20:48+00:00\">Thu, 12:20am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>To quote Frozen, Let it go!!<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, console is old and done. Kill the online store and save money.<\/p>\n<p>In all seriousness, it is time to let it go. Were multiple generations on.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769212\" data-author=\"users\/59391\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769212\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769212\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/59391\/avatar.jpg?v=1705483184\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RainbowGazelle\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769212\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RainbowGazelle<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:34:35+00:00\">Thu, 12:34am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Runex2121 In the same way retro gamers like buying old cartridge games or PS1\/2 games, why shouldn&#8217;t we be able to buy old games that were digital-only on the PS3 to experience them?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769218\" data-author=\"users\/318363\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769218\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8769218\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SuntannedDuck2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769218\">8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SuntannedDuck2<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:40:24+00:00\">Thu, 12:40am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Well this is worrying, I still have many I want to get via the Vita or PS3 store. I don&#8217;t want them to silently sunset it. Let us know Sony! You can&#8217;t do this without warning users.<\/p>\n<p>Well time to emulate them then I guess. I don&#8217;t want every game, I want ones that are interesting or I can&#8217;t get due to licensing or whatever availability. I already got a few PS Minis and had fun with them.<\/p>\n<p>Modern games are trash and we can&#8217;t get all via PS4\/5 at all anyway, the emulation roll out is taking it&#8217;s fair time so I&#8217;m not wanting them to ramp it up of licensing or how to get it working, but I mean, I was surprised to see Battle Engine Aquila at all, why wouldn&#8217;t I seek it out physical or emulate it if I would never guess it to be offered ever.<\/p>\n<p>I care for the gems, not the major I already have or are easy enough to get for prices\/availability.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo\/Xbox gave us an announcement. Fairs, fair for users to know, buy what they want and move on.<\/p>\n<p>Security is one thing but many of us have plenty we still want\/takes time to work out money situations. Like come on.<\/p>\n<p>Also discounts never happen on old store fronts. Capcom for 3DS eshop sure, but many times it barely happens at all.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769220\" data-author=\"users\/347157\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769220\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769220\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mincey0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769220\">9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mincey0<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:43:40+00:00\">Thu, 12:43am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I\u2019m sure they announce store closures. More than likely some glitch or server failure etc.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8769222\" data-author=\"users\/260603\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769222\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769222\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/260603\/avatar.jpg?v=1747997282\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bentleyma\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769222\">10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bentleyma<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:44:12+00:00\">Thu, 12:44am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Balaam_ Doubt it. I&#8217;m pretty sure there weren&#8217;t any the last time it was meant to shut down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769224\" data-author=\"users\/347157\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769224\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8769224\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mincey0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769224\">11<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mincey0<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:45:27+00:00\">Thu, 12:45am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@SuntannedDuck2 no worries bud many games come back around as you get older. Plus your backlog of games forever grows it\u2019s good to miss a few \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway the store will have a set date for closure this is just a bug<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769227\" data-author=\"users\/103228\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769227\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769227\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/103228\/avatar.jpg?v=1624284665\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nessisonett\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769227\">12<\/a><\/li>\n<li>nessisonett<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-06T23:51:41+00:00\">Thu, 12:51am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>My PS3 I\u2019m pretty sure is finally dead. It\u2019s a big fat piano black one too, but I get a yellow light blink when it turns on and then it just conks out after a few minutes flashing red as if it\u2019s overheated. RIP. Very glad I have the specs to emulate that generation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8769236\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769236\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769236\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769236\">13<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T00:09:03+00:00\">Thu, 1:09am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>They would have to communicate any kind of closure in advance, so don\u2019t worry. It may be broken but it\u2019s not gone. Yet!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769274\" data-author=\"users\/324429\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769274\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769274\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324429\/avatar.jpg?v=1677288447\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MidnightDragonDX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769274\">14<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MidnightDragonDX<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T01:18:02+00:00\">Thu, 2:18am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>They probably still make some money from it or they would 86 it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769277\" data-author=\"users\/341664\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769277\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769277\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/341664\/avatar.jpg?v=1752973183\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PuppetMaster\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769277\">15<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PuppetMaster<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T01:22:17+00:00\">Thu, 2:22am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb I just boot up my PS3, login to US and Asia account, and both stores are working just fine. Maybe the maintenance only for European store?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769278\" data-author=\"users\/292234\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769278\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769278\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/292234\/avatar.jpg?v=1702880175\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LikelySatan\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769278\">16<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LikelySatan<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T01:23:03+00:00\">Thu, 2:23am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I wonder if Sony understands how much some of us would rather they just re-released the PS2 and 3. Discs and wired controllers and all. I play almost exclusively seventh gen and prior. Because I value my happiness.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769279\" data-author=\"users\/292234\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769279\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769279\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/292234\/avatar.jpg?v=1702880175\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LikelySatan\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769279\">17<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LikelySatan<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T01:24:13+00:00\">Thu, 2:24am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@nessisonett that would be the yellow light of death..<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769291\" data-author=\"users\/280618\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769291\" data-dislikes=\"2\" data-id=\"8769291\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280618\/avatar.jpg?v=1696024490\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tselliot\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769291\">18<\/a><\/li>\n<li>tselliot<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T01:41:29+00:00\">Thu, 2:41am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Just set a future date and let it go.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8769316\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769316\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769316\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769316\">19<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T02:19:00+00:00\">Thu, 3:19am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@PuppetMaster Could be sporadic. Or maybe it\u2019s slowly coming back up now. Will try again tomorrow and update..<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769402\" data-author=\"users\/302922\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769402\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769402\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/302922\/avatar.jpg?v=1749477174\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Truegamer79\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769402\">20<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Truegamer79<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T05:30:20+00:00\">Thu, 6:30am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Funny how Sony tries to end their shop and such a ferocious backlash happened that they let it linger on. Nintendo ends the Wii and Wii U shops and nobody cared or Nintendo wouldn&#8217;t have backed down no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>Now granted losing the Wii U shop wasn&#8217;t that big a loss but Wii had a damn fine retro selection! It&#8217;s a real shame what switch is doing these days. No VC just a forced subscription with a Gaming Netflix type<br \/>\nservice and no option to buy the games.<\/p>\n<p>Oh well I&#8217;m sure modders will figure out how to add whatever games they want through some hack or whatever. They did it for Wii and Wii U.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769414\" data-author=\"users\/275861\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769414\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769414\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/275861\/avatar.jpg?v=1626697812\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SeanOhOgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769414\">21<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SeanOhOgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T05:43:11+00:00\">Thu, 6:43am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I really need to buy a huge hard drive and back up my PS3 library \ud83e\udee0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769420\" data-author=\"users\/249670\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769420\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769420\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/249670\/avatar.jpg?v=1737901688\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ozkrmz\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769420\">22<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ozkrmz<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T05:51:58+00:00\">Thu, 6:51am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Dear friend @Runex2121 <br \/>I turn on my PS3 for playstation move games, such as &#8220;Sports Champions 1 &amp; 2&#8221; all the time.<br \/>Kids love to play beach volley, archery, golf, tennis, bowling, skiing, you name it&#8230;<br \/>Unfortunately, there is no equavelentlt joyful experience on PS4 or PC.<br \/>I keep my PS3 at all times.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769427\" data-author=\"users\/355688\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769427\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769427\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DaveTheRave\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769427\">23<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DaveTheRave<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T05:57:10+00:00\">Thu, 6:57am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>A day? lol. It\u2019s been broken for years<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769451\" data-author=\"users\/357597\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769451\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769451\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/357597\/avatar.jpg?v=1754547732\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"M82RKY\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769451\">24<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M82RKY<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T06:25:01+00:00\">Thu, 7:25am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Thing is\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>In 10,20,30 years time\u2026.I can still fire up my NES and play a few games I have and would maybe want to do the same with my ps3.<\/p>\n<p>I would be pissed if I couldn\u2019t access games I purchased however, I can\u2019t expect the store to stay open just for me, so maybe Sony needs to have a way to always have access to ps3 games you have already bought.<\/p>\n<p>Or is that already a thing?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769456\" data-author=\"users\/250752\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769456\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769456\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TheMysticOne\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769456\">25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TheMysticOne<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T06:35:01+00:00\">Thu, 7:35am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I Still think it was a mistake to not just simplify the PS3 UI, remove things such as web browser. What&#8217;s new.<br \/>Mine still advertises Loco for Ps Plus.<\/p>\n<p>Simplify the store, get an agreement that all games are a lot cheaper and it owuld still make a nice console.<\/p>\n<p>Bit late now, as the PS4 is filling that legacy slot in my opnion, and the same games are cheaper.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769501\" data-author=\"users\/127956\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769501\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769501\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/127956\/avatar.jpg?v=1723575773\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"carlos82\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769501\">26<\/a><\/li>\n<li>carlos82<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T07:38:29+00:00\">Thu, 8:38am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@M82RKY usually you can still redownload games you&#8217;ve bought even after a storefront has shut down<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769504\" data-author=\"users\/329932\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769504\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769504\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/329932\/avatar.jpg?v=1709487805\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SJR\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769504\">27<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SJR<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T07:43:57+00:00\">Thu, 8:43am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>i downloaded something from it the other day, forgot how slow it was and the install times <strong>_<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769506\" data-author=\"users\/116757\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769506\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769506\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/116757\/avatar.jpg?v=1414832518\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"blah01\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769506\">28<\/a><\/li>\n<li>blah01<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T07:46:43+00:00\">Thu, 8:46am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Sony should bring PS3 emulation to the PS5 or PS6, stock the modern Ps store with PS3 games and let us download our old games which we paid for.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769511\" data-author=\"users\/347531\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769511\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769511\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/347531\/avatar.jpg?v=1733826750\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Midnyte-Monkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769511\">29<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Midnyte-Monkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T07:52:51+00:00\">Thu, 8:52am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Oh wow, had no clue anyone still played on a PS3, let alone that it has a functional online store.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769519\" data-author=\"users\/349907\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769519\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769519\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lowdefal\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769519\">30<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lowdefal<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T07:58:39+00:00\">Thu, 8:58am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Truegamer79 With the Nintendo closures there was both a backlash and a grudging acceptance. Ultimately the people who were sufficiently bothered used it as an excuse to hack their machines and solve the problem themselves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769528\" data-author=\"users\/156576\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769528\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769528\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/156576\/avatar.jpg?v=1687420734\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ken_Kaniff\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769528\">31<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ken_Kaniff<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T08:05:26+00:00\">Thu, 9:05am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I was able to get into the store and then got a message stating &#8220;Its under maintenance&#8221;. So that&#8217;s a good sign.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769541\" data-author=\"users\/131470\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769541\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8769541\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"blourf\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769541\">32<\/a><\/li>\n<li>blourf<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T08:45:15+00:00\">Thu, 9:45am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Honestly hope they shut it down. If it\u2019s not making money (i.e. net profit), it\u2019s time to move on, both for the company and players. My only expectation would be that they leave any licenses purchased in PS store active. Then again, probably every ps3 owner agreed without reading that Sony has the right to revoke said licenses (you don\u2019t actually own digital games like you do physical ones) if certain requirements are met.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769552\" data-author=\"users\/141809\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769552\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769552\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MrHabushi\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769552\">33<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MrHabushi<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T09:01:30+00:00\">Thu, 10:01am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@blourf Why would you hope that? What impact is it&#8217;s continued existence having on you? Leave the business decisions to the business.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously not going to last forever but I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s kept going as long as it has, it was only a couple of years ago that I bought a Ratchet &amp; Clank game on there that I&#8217;d missed back in the day.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769559\" data-author=\"users\/310031\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769559\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769559\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/310031\/avatar.jpg?v=1681976993\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ItsAlwaysSunnyyy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769559\">34<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ItsAlwaysSunnyyy<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T09:05:41+00:00\">Thu, 10:05am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I play my PS3 regularly and there are several games I wanted to purchase from the store. The 360 store shut down but I think Xbox has at least kept the backwards compatible games for sale on modern consoles. Nintendo is notoriously crap with this but at least the consoles are easily hackable.<\/p>\n<p>I think, for me personally, the biggest disappointment will be the loss of DLC. Some games will never make a comeback on modern consoles and also don&#8217;t have a physical complete edition (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, Dragon Age: 2, Alice: Madness Returns). If Sony stopped spending hundreds of millions on live service games chasing the trends they could probably invest a fraction of it into stability for the PS3 store. Maybe it won&#8217;t make the money back but it&#8217;ll keep people in the ecosystem and also generate goodwill for marketing hype.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769601\" data-author=\"users\/338175\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769601\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769601\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Vaako007\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769601\">35<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vaako007<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T09:40:35+00:00\">Thu, 10:40am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Runex2121 seems that Sony makes enough coin to justify keeping it running. But this is why I want real physical media as I don\u2019t have to worry about digital store fronts for said console.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8769636\" data-author=\"users\/264238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769636\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769636\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/264238\/avatar.jpg?v=1593080413\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"themightyant\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769636\">36<\/a><\/li>\n<li>themightyant<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T10:17:25+00:00\">Thu, 11:17am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"userquote\">\n<p><strong>Vaako007 wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>seems that Sony makes enough coin to justify keeping it running.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t mistake making lots of money in one aspect of a business (PS4 and PS5) with wanting to keep another part of the business that is not making much money going.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there are other considerations like brand image etc. but generally if PS3 itself is unprofitable for Sony they will consider closing it. The juice has to be worth the squeeze.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769676\" data-author=\"users\/309503\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769676\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769676\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/309503\/avatar.jpg?v=1651591392\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"dodgykebaab\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769676\">37<\/a><\/li>\n<li>dodgykebaab<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T10:48:56+00:00\">Thu, 11:48am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry guys, this ones on me.<\/p>\n<p>I pointed out that you could use the PS3 store to get discounts on PS1 classics for PS5.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769679\" data-author=\"users\/269354\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769679\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8769679\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"twitchtvpat\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769679\">38<\/a><\/li>\n<li>twitchtvpat<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T10:52:25+00:00\">Thu, 11:52am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>honestly the ps3 has always been kind of broken compared to the ps4 and ps5 stores. it was clunky , broken , slow , ect.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769753\" data-author=\"users\/301901\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769753\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769753\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/301901\/avatar.jpg?v=1751305431\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769753\">39<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lup<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T11:56:40+00:00\">Thu, 12:56pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I have my PS3 <strong>tuned up<\/strong> so I don&#8217;t care too much.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769759\" data-author=\"users\/231618\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769759\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769759\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/231618\/avatar.jpg?v=1554204730\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Robocod\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769759\">40<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robocod<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T12:04:21+00:00\">Thu, 1:04pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb That last bit of the article almost has me imagining a Sony engineer being on the phone to some Indian or Philippines call centre telling them to unplug the modem cable,&amp; turn off the modem &amp; wait a minute before rebooting it!\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n<p>Back on topic. Remember when the lousy hacker(s) brought down Litle Big Planet, Sony was pretty quiet on the communication front before declaring it too hard (reads too expensive to update an old ps3 game),&amp; finally admit it was permanently shut down?<\/p>\n<p>Just suggesting never underestimate a bean counter mentality as much as its likely hopefully just a maintenance issue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8769817\" data-author=\"users\/284553\" data-subject=\"comments\/8769817\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8769817\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/284553\/avatar.jpg?v=1613135696\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LordOfTurnips\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8769817\">41<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LordOfTurnips<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-07T12:34:15+00:00\">Thu, 1:34pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Runex2121 <br \/>I agree but also think that osny should really get their ***** together when it comes to ps3 emulation on modern consoles, there is a LOT of stuff that will simply be lost forever once the store shuts down for good.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8771227\" data-author=\"users\/269354\" data-subject=\"comments\/8771227\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8771227\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"twitchtvpat\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8771227\">42<\/a><\/li>\n<li>twitchtvpat<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T00:51:49+00:00\">Fri, 1:51am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LordOfTurnips i&#8217;m pretty certain like 98% sure , that its just never going to happen. of course i want it as much as you , but i don&#8217;t see it happening.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8771332\" data-author=\"users\/318363\" data-subject=\"comments\/8771332\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8771332\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SuntannedDuck2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8771332\">43<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SuntannedDuck2<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T03:26:16+00:00\">Fri, 4:26am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Mincey0 The niche IPs or licenses no one touches, yeah I doubt it. Why else do we see many that get highlighted and do return via particular companies as PS1 era platformer ports are those heavily talked about in retro communities, AAA IPs vary of what they keep around and ignore of course.<\/p>\n<p>Probably a percentage or whatever range of noise, something gets revived, but a lot won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah I can&#8217;t wait for the Xavix Port games to get revived&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>PC-FX?<\/p>\n<p>Gizmondo?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah I don&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p>Let alone other particular say PS1\/2\/PSP games maybe.<\/p>\n<p>Bugs do happen of course, so that&#8217;s a sign, but yeah licensing or dead IPs no one cares about, aren&#8217;t retro or historically going to happen, like a car or a movie, it&#8217;s relevance is over, heard of or NEVER had a digital version (many of my favourite PSP games I researched, never had a PSP digital version), so why would those get revived.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t need &#8216;every&#8217; game to get revived of course, that&#8217;s just pointless, costly and not worth it. But I mean, there is signs, but also a lot clear.<\/p>\n<p>I mean as if Piglet&#8217;s Big Movie being &#8216;similar to Resident Evil&#8217; or whatever was said (besides toddler game prices that no one will buy either) yeah that&#8217;s enough for retro community prices to go up because of nonsense people can say about any game.<\/p>\n<p>I could assume Malice (just pointing a random game out) could be revived if Argonaut cared to after the Croc remaster, or Take Two cared about handing over the IP as Mud Duck their budget publisher published it back in the day. Or whoever owns it. But the signs of that are likely not going to happen. Or however contracts go and we assume publishers have the IPs if we don&#8217;t know what the deals were, compared to others who do own the IPs.<\/p>\n<p>I mean Blinx lost trademark in 2015, and whatever happened from there.<\/p>\n<p>Gex got left and is remastered now. So it varies. Those are still big enough IPs though and retro community talked about a lot.<\/p>\n<p>The deeper we go, no one has ever heard of them and never will.<\/p>\n<p>90% of games won&#8217;t get ported, it&#8217;s just obvious. They don&#8217;t have an audience, or the audience has never heard of them or even cares.<\/p>\n<p>I mean there is a reason you can pick apart the 100 or so PlayStation games someone has played even if it&#8217;s not as clear of the range as say 20 Nintendo games most played that&#8217;s more clear.<\/p>\n<p>Also nostalgia, I ignore nostalgia yet here about it to death in retro communities or news articles on retro stuff, as if that&#8217;s ALL people do. Maybe some people but i don&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t use emotion as a metric. I use quality as a metric. Similar to how reviewers do production quality. I do other factors.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear which ones got back compat on Xbox, versus those that didn&#8217;t, 1 in a series, versus all of them, licensing for music, cars, etc. make sense why the later entries of racing games, due to licensing, while others like Army of Two it&#8217;s the first game, not the 2nd or 3rd. Why is that. Who knows.<\/p>\n<p>There is no pattern it&#8217;s just whatever source code, assets, whatever they feel like.<\/p>\n<p>That can mean anything can happen, but 90%+ of games no one have ever heard of or cares about.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8771375\" data-author=\"users\/335824\" data-subject=\"comments\/8771375\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8771375\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rodimusprime13\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8771375\">44<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rodimusprime13<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T05:02:34+00:00\">Fri, 6:02am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>My opinion is to grab what digital titles you want from the ps3 when you can still since it&#8217;s looking likely that the ps3 store is likely to close before 2026.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8771696\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8771696\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8771696\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1754228315\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8771696\">45<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T10:39:54+00:00\">Fri, 11:39am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Pointless for it to still be going in this day and age in fairness just to keep a couple vocal people happy \ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83d\udcbb<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8771976\" data-author=\"users\/284553\" data-subject=\"comments\/8771976\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8771976\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/284553\/avatar.jpg?v=1613135696\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LordOfTurnips\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8771976\">46<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LordOfTurnips<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T13:48:40+00:00\">Fri, 2:48pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@twitchtvpat I&#8217;m right there with you thinking it will never happen. which makes it even more of a bummer. Hoping to be able to get another ps3 soon since mine&#8217;s in the sh**ter and I&#8217;m definitelly jailbreaking it so it can live forever.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8772037\" data-author=\"users\/276317\" data-subject=\"comments\/8772037\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8772037\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276317\/avatar.jpg?v=1639051683\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nomither6\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8772037\">47<\/a><\/li>\n<li>nomither6<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T14:19:46+00:00\">Fri, 3:19pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy hey, i recently beat alice madness returns and, dude, that game is a f****** masterpiece , i haven\u2019t been wowed like that by a game in YEARS! This is why the ps3 was the best generation (imo)! it\u2019s so messed up that the sequel to it was cancelled because of EA! \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8772163\" data-author=\"users\/310031\" data-subject=\"comments\/8772163\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8772163\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/310031\/avatar.jpg?v=1681976993\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ItsAlwaysSunnyyy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8772163\">48<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ItsAlwaysSunnyyy<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T15:35:00+00:00\">Fri, 4:35pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@nomither6 I&#8217;ve not played it yet!! I&#8217;m primarily interested because it includes the first game. Have you played the first one and is it good? I was an N64 kid so revisiting the classic is mega appealing to me haha<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8772196\" data-author=\"users\/276317\" data-subject=\"comments\/8772196\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8772196\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276317\/avatar.jpg?v=1639051683\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nomither6\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8772196\">49<\/a><\/li>\n<li>nomither6<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-08T15:58:59+00:00\">Fri, 4:58pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy The digital PS3 version of madness returns includes the original game; i personally didn\u2019t enjoy it, but ONLY because it was just too outdated for me, &amp; it\u2019s clearly a direct port of the PC game, so the controls\/movement is very awkward for a game controller. it also doesn\u2019t help that i decided to play the first game after i played madness returns, so i didn\u2019t make it pretty far either (literally still at the beginning, actually \ud83d\ude06).<\/p>\n<p>nonetheless, i do wish i could have enjoyed the first game, because it does look really good for its time. As a matter of fact, both games have stood the test of time graphically &#8211; the atmosphere and artstyle of these games are freaking amazing<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773886\" data-author=\"users\/249670\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773886\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773886\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/249670\/avatar.jpg?v=1737901688\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ozkrmz\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773886\">50<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ozkrmz<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T11:32:16+00:00\">12:32pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Dear friend @blah01 <br \/>Not a bad idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773890\" data-author=\"users\/308752\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773890\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773890\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/308752\/avatar.jpg?v=1650400219\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"johnedwin\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773890\">51<\/a><\/li>\n<li>johnedwin<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T11:36:53+00:00\">12:36pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>just like fans fearing the worst about sony moving away from consoles or going multiplat it is way overblown..<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773897\" data-author=\"users\/341664\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773897\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773897\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/341664\/avatar.jpg?v=1752973183\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PuppetMaster\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773897\">52<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PuppetMaster<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T11:44:28+00:00\">12:44pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The Asia and US store are working just fine for me the day this news got upload. But hey, good news that EU store got fixed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773900\" data-author=\"users\/147437\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773900\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773900\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/147437\/avatar.jpg?v=1455400562\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"KoopaTheGamer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773900\">53<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KoopaTheGamer<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T11:55:53+00:00\">12:55pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@johnedwin To be fair, Sony going multiplatform would be a positive thing, so there&#8217;s nothing to fear about that. Now, I don&#8217;t expect them to release many games on Xbox (doesn&#8217;t make financial sense) but I sure hope to see most of their games on PC and maybe even on Switch 2.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, glad to see PS3 store restored. Haven&#8217;t used it in a decade, but nice to see that it&#8217;s still up and running.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773903\" data-author=\"users\/355688\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773903\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773903\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DaveTheRave\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773903\">54<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DaveTheRave<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T12:01:58+00:00\">1:01pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I have issues with the vita store. Half of the library doesn\u2019t appear in searches. You need to search for the game literally by name and half of the icons dont work. Just about manage to buy games on it still although it is a palaver<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773906\" data-author=\"users\/355688\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773906\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773906\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DaveTheRave\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773906\">55<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DaveTheRave<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T12:04:35+00:00\">1:04pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Rodimusprime13 well you haven\u2019t got long left for that prediction to come true. PS3 store ain\u2019t going anywhere yet<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773921\" data-author=\"users\/747\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773921\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773921\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Don\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773921\">56<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Don<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T12:21:01+00:00\">1:21pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Truegamer79 <br \/>I strongly disagree on closing Wii U eshop wasn\u2019t that big of a loss. It had so many classics retro titles to purchase at a reasonable price including for systems like GBA, DS and Turbografx as well as retro titles never before localized like Earthbound Beginnings. At least Sony is re-releasing PS1 and PS2 titles to purchase on the PS4\/5 store. Nintendo is now locking all their retro games behind a subscription with no option to purchase that were available on Wii U eshop.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773927\" data-author=\"users\/199616\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773927\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773927\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/199616\/avatar.jpg?v=1647036607\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DETfaninATL\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773927\">57<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DETfaninATL<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T12:28:03+00:00\">1:28pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Glad it\u2019s back up but it\u2019s absolutely ridiculous that we still have to pay full price for decades old games and add on\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8773962\" data-author=\"users\/308595\" data-subject=\"comments\/8773962\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8773962\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/308595\/avatar.jpg?v=1724212490\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IOI\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/ps3s-store-has-been-restored-after-fans-feared-the-worst#comment8773962\">58<\/a><\/li>\n<li>IOI<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-10T13:48:51+00:00\">2:48pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Back when they announced the store was going to close I decided to mod my console, the first time I did with a PS console and it was like a second life for it, I still use it somewhat often and never plan to get rid of it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; 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