The PlayStation Store on PS3 is currently inaccessible

As with pretty much every digital storefront, there comes a time when the cost of running servers exceeds the revenue earned from said storefront. Though this hopefully isn’t what’s happening in this instance, the PlayStation Store on PS3 has been inaccessible for the past day – leading to fears of its impending closure.

As reported by the preservation-focused publication Delisted Games, the PlayStation Store on PS3 in particular has been suffering from recent outages, with players attempting to purchase titles being met with the pop-up message “This service is currently undergoing maintenance” – before shutting down the application.

Interestingly, the issue appears to me somewhat inconsistent, with users being able to reach various parts of the store before being booted out. Perhaps more curious is the fact that the PS Vita store is currently still accessible despite the two systems’ online services being linked together in various ways.

While likely to be just an odd bug which will hopefully be resolved soon, it does bring back to light discussions surrounding game preservation and ownership in this digital age.

Of course, the PlayStation 3 is pretty much two decades old at this point, and as mentioned, PSN traffic on this generations-old console is likely to be minimal.

Still, with so many games still stuck on the PS3, hopefully Sony manages to solve whatever the issue may be sooner rather than later.

KitGuru says: Have you encountered this issue in the past couple days? Will Sony eventually shut down the PS3’s online store? When do you think this will officially happen? Let us know down below.

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