The remaining PSP PSN Stores will close as of 31st March 2016!
The Playstation Portable devices have their very own Playstation Store, that they can access via their XMB (PSP menu).
The PSP Playstation Stores for the PAL-Region (Europe, Africa & Australia) have already been closed down, but the ones for the Americas & Japan were still available.
This is going to change as of April 2016.
This change will mean that it won’t be possible to use the PSN store via the PSP device itself anymore, and one is required to use the PSN store via a Computer.
You will still be able to transfer content onto your PSP, but this will require the PC Software MediaGo. Only wireless purchases & downloads via the PSP will cease to work.
For purchases one has to use another Sony device, such as the PS3 or PS Vita, or simply the PSN-Store website via a PC or mobile device.
Source via Twitter.
First!! also type “This is going to chance as of April 2016.”
First!! also typo “This is going to chance as of April 2016.”
I never even knew the Eur store had gone!! Since 6.60 I hadn’t even tried it.
I still remember the launch with flOw, Beats and Combat Ops. It had great games, even with the Minis label.
Rip PSP 2016
This was terrifying at first because eventually this will probably happen to the Vita.
But at least you can still purchase and transfer Via pc.
Although: you could maybe use the psp web browser to make purchases ;).
Not anytime soon but yes its going to happen to the Vita since it pretty much died last year
Why should it happen? Isn’t the PS Vita store just a Vita filtered version of the PSN? Whilst the PSP one was really it’s own stuff?
And at least in Japan the PS Vita is BRUTALLY far from dead….unfortunately i no speak nihongo therefore no importings for me ;___;
Oh, It’ll happen.
Think twice about buying digital for the Vita in the future 😉
Except it didn’t?
Well damn. Also, first, I suppose?
First
Nobody cares….just go put CFW on a PSP and download PSP ISOs….
R.I.P PSP
ZETTTI MAKE A TUTORIAL VIDEO ON ARM9LOADER INSTALL!!!! PSP NEWS LIKE THIS IS POINTLESS PAPA!
Will we be able to register a psp go to our account (if we buy one used or w/e) so that we can then put games on it?
Too bad homebrew developers ceased to support homebrew store as well. I loved my PSP, thanks to that platform I found Disgaea, Tactics Ogre and Persona 3 (yeah I skipped PS2 and went with the Game Cube).
R.I.P PSP
Playstation Notwork – It simply does nothing!!! xD
This needs to be deleted how about something like that arm9haxloader make news about that!
wololo is pro sony haxors … stays away from wiiu/3ds/xb1 … idk why
You need to stop whining..
If the eu store is anything to go by, you’ll still be able to view and download already purchased games directly through the psp psn store without connecting to a ps3 or pc, you just can’t buy new titles.
😀 well no big thing for me 😀 i used my PSP just for homebrew and PSP Classic On the go 😀
Nintendo: first, we close some channels, then… the games… with PSN will be the same…
“Only wireless purchases & downloads via the PSP will cease to work.”
This is factually incorrect. I’ve just downloaded a test game from my EU PSN account (with supposedly defunct PS Store) to my PSP with no problems whatsoever, both from Account Management and PlayStation Store items in XMB.
So no, wireless downloading is still possible for EU and I’m sure that US & JP regions will see the same situation.
It’s impossible to make a purchase from the PSP itself, that much is true (PS Store is empty when accessed on PSP in EU right now).