PS3 and PS Vita stores no longer closing

[Norion]

If this true I expect the online multiplayer to go next year. Something I don't get is why these have to get shut down. Is the upkeep cost really that much? The number of people using these old systems will be declining every year so unless I'm missing something the upkeep cost should go down overtime. Also this has sparked a physical vs digital debate but the real issue isn't digital, it's DRM. That's what makes stuff be lost forever in situations like this. If something isn't locked down and the files are freely available then preservation can happen with digital stuff so when it comes to preservation a big help would be games no longer being exclusive to store fronts with DRM. Thankfully Emulation can preserve games only on systems with DRM though ideally at least some of them will get ported to modern platforms.