I bought a bunch of games after the news of the closure and I guess many others must have done the same for them to take notice of the sudden revenue. Good that the store is staying up, you'll have to pry my Vita out of my cold dead hands.
I don't think it's that. I think they noticed the immense amount of negative press they're getting over it over the CBOMB issue and are extremely worried because compatibility wise, the PS5 sucks. It only plays PS4 games. With the announcement of shutting down the PS3 and Vita stores, people saw CBOMB was really around the corner because once they shut down the stores, how long is Sony going to keep the servers needed running?
Contrast that with Microsoft, which has a worse issue (the Xbox cannot be activate
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Monday April 19, 2021 @09:25PM (#61292468)
Sony wants to promote their Playstation Now service, but it doesn't handle games you already [strike]own[/strike] rent.
FTFY. The pay-to-rent issue isn't unique to Sony PSN. Microsoft, Steam and everybody that uses DRM (i.e.: except GoG) means the product you "buy" will only work so long as they allow it to. When they shut down their servers, or go out of business, you're screwed.
Great news! (Score:1)
Re: (Score:5, Interesting)
I don't think it's that. I think they noticed the immense amount of negative press they're getting over it over the CBOMB issue and are extremely worried because compatibility wise, the PS5 sucks. It only plays PS4 games. With the announcement of shutting down the PS3 and Vita stores, people saw CBOMB was really around the corner because once they shut down the stores, how long is Sony going to keep the servers needed running?
Contrast that with Microsoft, which has a worse issue (the Xbox cannot be activate
Re:Great news! (Score:0)
FTFY. The pay-to-rent issue isn't unique to Sony PSN. Microsoft, Steam and everybody that uses DRM (i.e.: except GoG) means the product you "buy" will only work so long as they allow it to. When they shut down their servers, or go out of business, you're screwed.