Report: PS3, Vita, And PSP Stores To Be Permanently Closed In A Few Months

[ultima espio]

An interesting AMA with a former Sony employee who worked with the Vita:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vita/comments/mmrz7p

 

[Fiz]

I don't emulate -- at least, not in the shady sense. I don't want to get into trouble just for trying to play a game that I can't conveniently buy, sigh. This means that I still haven't played stuff like Xenogears, Chrono Cross, and Mother 3, as none of them are available in Europe, ugh.

Whilst this is not legal advice, I do believe that emulation is perfectly fine and legal. The only people that can get into trouble are the developers of emulators if they break patents and providing they don’t do that then they are fine too.

The legal problem comes with downloading games that you don’t own. This is where it gets tricky.

If you download a ROM and do not own the game, that isn’t obviously copyright theft.

If you own the disk and play from disk, you are totally fine.

If you own the disk and package it up as a ROM for play, you are also fine because this is a fair use.

If you download a ROM from the internet, but also own the disk then the general belief is that this would constitute a fair use. It has never been tried in court, but the general expectation is that the publisher would lose.

Footnote:
This is not legal advice

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Whilst this is not legal advice, I do believe that emulation is perfectly fine and legal. The only people that can get into trouble are the developers of emulators if they break patents and providing they don’t do that then they are fine too.

I seem to recall Hyperkin getting in legal hot water over that exact situation when they launched the Retron 5 clone console.

 

[Prism]

Today’s the last day to access the PSP store. I’ve been trying to change my internet encryption so I’m actually able to access it, but to no avail. It’s a shame just a whole chunk of the original experience will be gone.

I wonder if it’s theoretically possible to have a homebrew shop running for the future’s sake.

 

[Lulcielid]

PS3 and Vita Stores Will Remove PayPal and Credit Card Payment Methods. Effective on October 27, 2021.

This also has an additional effect on JP accounts as purchasing age-restricted games (CERO Z rated) on the platforms will no longer be possible after this update. However, existing owners of such titles will still be able to download the games and buy their respective DLC.

 

[Strangelove]

i could never use my card/paypal there but it still annoys me, damn

 

[Lulcielid]

System update for Ps3/Vita.

- Removed account creation from the PS3/Vita
- Removed some account management settings
- Device password required for sign-on