PS3 and PS Vita stores no longer closing

[Runa216]

d21lewis said:

Runa216 said:

Alright, so you won. I challenge you all to buy games on the PSVita and PS3. Or hell, even play them. Oh, wait, I guarantee none of you are actually going to do that. and no, don't bother correcting me, I know you're lying or just being contrarian.

I'm an anomaly but I've literally just played Zelda Twilight Princess on Wii U this morning, Prince of Persia 2008 on PS3 an hour or two ago, and Geometry Wars on Xbox 360 a few minutes ago. I don't know if it shows up in my PS3 activity but you can see my last several Xbox games in my sig which should include TMNT 1989 and Geometry Wars on Xbox 360.

I love the 7th gen. In fact, last week, I just bought a new 22 inch 1080p TV just for those old consoles. If only I could figure out a way to get my old exclusive Prince of Persia skins from ubisoft's U-Play service back on my PS3...

It's really a great system. I was surprised to see the browser still works and I even downloaded some new custom themes from that website directly to the console. Gonna finish Metal Gear Rising on PS3 this week.

https://psnprofiles.com/Runa216/

I also just went back and played some PS3 games a month or so ago (just before this little thing went down). I don't doubt that some people are going to continue to buy and play PS3/Vita games, but relative to the backlash it just seems quite silly to me. People get so angry about losing the stores, but I guarantee like 99.8% of all the people who whined about it either haven't spent a dime on the Ps3 or Vita stores in the last year, and likely haven't spent more than 10 minutes on the consoles. 

There ARE always exceptions (I'm one of them, I actually DO intend to pick up a handful of PS1 Classics on Ps3/vita before the store finally DOES close down, thus turning my Ps3/Vita into its own PSClassic), but just like so many things in the games industry and the medium as a whole, gamers are entitled shits who demand the world but don't deserve it. 

The ironic thing is that, as I said, I am one of the ones who actually CAN, DOES, and WILL continue to utilize these storefronts. I'm one of the few who still plays Ps3 and vita games from time to time. my wiiU gets more action than my Xbox One. My SNES gets more action than my Wii. I like old consoles, I just acknowledge that I am in the minority here and while it's nice to see support continuing for these consoles, I'm not selfish enough to believe that me and the 15 other people worldwide who do this are worth Sony's continued investment. 

I am actually quite relieved that the storefronts are remaining up and this IS a good thing...but it is disappointing that I'm part of a community that acts so selfish and entitled regardless of the logic or reason behind it. If sony did shut down the Ps3 store and the Vita Store, then I'd understand. It made perfect, logical sense from every angle. Sucks for me, but that's how time works. Old technology gets left in the past. That's just how shit works. I know games are 'art' or whatever, and I also do agree with that...but it's also an industry, a business, and as such it's prone to the same flow of time as every other form of business or technology. 

Nobody's makin' VHS tapes anymore, because DVDs and Blu-Rays are objectively better. And nobody's complaining. 

There is no one-size-fits-all solution for this. Every medium has its own pros and cons. Gaming is an interactive medium and thus has its own set of challenges associated with the preservation of the medium. 

My whole thing here is just how baffling it is that people are bitching so loudly about something that we all know almost none of you are going to use. Some, sure, but let's be honest an overwhelming majority of people who raised this fuss will never touch their PS3 or Vita again.