There are a number of reasons I'm hacking my PS Vita. I own just under 50 Universal Media Disks-Sony's physical media format ...

There's no way PlayStation would kill that before the Vita... right?

If you're an uber-nerd like me, you've probably been following the exploits of my colleague and fellow uber-nerd Séamus as he attempts to raise his PlayStation Vita from the dead through modern ...

The PS Vita isn’t selling well. The PS Vita was hyped up to be a game changer by Sony, however it seems that the PSP is taking the Vita's thunder. The Vita sold only 8,931 units this week while ...

The PS Vita may be the youngest system comparatively, given that it was released in 2011, both the PS3 and the PSP released in the mid-2000s and are over ten years old.

UPDATE: April 19, 2021, 4:15 p.m. EDT An earlier version of this story detailed Sony's plans to shut down all three of the PS3, PSP, and PS Vita stores.

And then there's the case of the 120 games that were only digitally released on PS3, PSP or PS Vita. These games will be lost forever, making it a potential nightmare for game preservationists.

If and when the company makes the PS3/PSP/PS Vita deprecation official, it will almost certainly issue a blog post with specific instructions about how users can preserve their purchases.

If you are only active on a PlayStation 3, PS Vita, or PSP devices, don’t use a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 console, and don’t plan on using one, you may request a refund of any funds left ...

Sony confirmed that the PlayStation Store shut down will take place on July 2, 2021 for PS3 and PSP. A month and a half later, the PlayStation Store for PS Vita will be shut down on August 27, 2021.

TheGamer, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said the PS3 and PSP stores will close on July 2, and the PS Vita’s storefront will shut down Aug. 27.

The PS3, PSP, and PS Vita will all stop accepting payments through card and PayPal from January 1, 2021 in Europe due to the Revised Payment Services Directive which will go into effect.