PS3 and PS Vita stores no longer closing

[Mandalore76]

jason1637 said:

Leynos said:

Well. When the CMOS battery dies in PS4 and PS3 you can't access your digital or disc-based games. They need to connect to PS servers. PS3 CMOS batteries are at that point of dying. OG model PS4s are approaching the end of life of those batteries as well.

This is why backwards compatibility is important but of your console dies on you it’s possible to just buy a new one and log in there.

Buy a new PS3 and log into what?  The store will be closed.  There will not be a place to redownload the already purchased game from.