You’re not shedding entry to digital video games for the PSP simply but. When Sony reversed its choice to shut the PS3 and the PS Vita storefronts again in April, it additionally stated that the “PSP commerce functionality will retire on July 2nd, 2021 as planned.” While that might be interpreted as Sony pulling the plug on all PSP downloads, new language that has popped up on each the US and the UK PlayStation web sites (as noticed by Kotaku) reveals that is not the case. 

The PSP sport retailer shut down manner again in 2016, however you may nonetheless get video games for the console by means of the PS3 and the PS Vita shops. Now that these storefronts aren’t shutting down, you will nonetheless be capable to obtain PSP video games by means of them, although there will likely be some limitations going ahead. Starting on July sixth, you’ll not be capable to seek for video games on the PSP itself or make any in-game purchases. Kotaku says the data first appeared on the UK web site on June twenty eighth, and it makes no point out of the earlier July 2nd timeline.

When Sony backtracked on its plans to shutdown the PS3 and Vita shops, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s CEO Jim Ryan stated that it was clear the corporate “made the wrong decision.” It’s unclear if limiting PSP customers’ functionality to seek for titles or make in-game purchases is what Sony had in thoughts when it stated that it’ll retire the console’s “commerce functionality,” or if it additionally modified its choice prefer it did with the PS3 and PS Vita shops’ closure. Either manner, what issues is that the PSP’s digital library will proceed being out there for now.