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[alphachino]

Xbox 360 store is closing very soon and the Wii, Wii U and 3DS stores are already closed and nobody bats an eyelid, but when Sony tried to close the PS3, VITA and PSP stores, everyone made such a fuss that they had to walk back their decision.

Are Sony just weak, folding at tiniest sign of of pushback from their fanbase? Do Sony fans care more than their Xbox/Nintendo counterparts? or are Sony fans just a bunch of loud-mouthed crybabies? What gives?

 

[Skifi28]

Because we hate Sony and love Xbox and Nintendo, obviously.

 

[EverydayBeast]

To benefit their narratives

 

[BennyBlanco]

You say that like it's a bad thing that they didn't close the ps3 store

 

[Astral Dog]

because nobody plays the Wii U

 

[Quasicat]

Because a large amount of people still own PS3 systems due to not being to use their games on a PS5. A majority of my digital Xbox 360 games are backwards compatible so I moved on. Same with Nintendo, most are on Switch so I've moved on.

 

[PeteBull]

Xbox 360 store is closing very soon and the Wii, Wii U and 3DS stores are already closed and nobody bats an eyelid, but when Sony tried to close the PS3, VITA and PSP stores, everyone made such a fuss that they had to walk back their decision.

Are Sony just weak, folding at tiniest sign of of pushback from their fanbase? Do Sony fans care more than their Xbox/Nintendo counterparts? or are Sony fans just a bunch of loud-mouthed crybabies? What gives?

Its all simple af, no1 gives a damn about x360, wii, wiiu or 3ds games anymore

 

[Banjo64]

Its all simple af, no1 gives a damn about x360, wii, wiiu or 3ds games anymore

Blunt way of saying it but yes, there are lots of games locked to the PS3 that people care about and as there's no way for Sony to emulate those games on the PS5, they would have been lost.

 

[nush]

Xbox 360 store is closing very soon

It's 2024, what year did Sony try to close the PS3 store? There's why there was more pushback, too soon.

 

[RagnarokIV]

No backwards compatibility, complete disregard for their history and legacy etc.

 

[Chronicle]

'Selective Outrage'

 

[BiohazardX95]

Because some important games can only be played on PS3 and there is no backwards compatibility for that console. So only way to access those games would be physical games or piracy. Same can be said for some games of the Xbox 360, but at least the most important ones are backwards compatible or PC compatible and can still be purchased digitally. I have no words for nintendo, they are the worst in regards to this, but their fanbase is happy with anything they do, so ...

 

[semiconscious]

when i set my ps3 back up a few weeks ago, it was great seeing the store was still running. i grabbed some stuff right away (siren, enslaved). not sure why its still up, but happy that it is...

 

[RayHell]

Kickback ? I'm not a native english speaker but I think you mean backlash.

 

[Gaiff]

Kickback ? I'm not a native english speaker but I think you mean backlash.

Pushback or backlash would have been correct. Kickback just isn't.

 

[ReBurn]

It's probably some sort of conspiracy. Better watch out OP.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Most Xbox 360 games are available either on PS3 or Xbox One (backwards compatibility). Xbox 360 store closes, and you can still buy the games on an Xbox One. If the PS3 store shuts down, there is no way to purchase the digital games, period.

 

[Dick Jones]

'Selective Outrage'

Yeah. We can all hazard a guess at the astroturfers who were outraged at the time.

 

[ReBurn]

Yeah. We can all hazard a guess at the astroturfers who were outraged at the time.

For sure. As I recall real PS3 fans wanted it closed asap but the astroturfers forced Sony to keep it open. I never saw anything like it.

 

[Dick Jones]

For sure. As I recall real PS3 fans wanted it closed asap but the astroturfers forced Sony to keep it open. I never saw anything like it.

 

[nial]

No backwards compatibility, complete disregard for their history and legacy etc.

No BC for WiiWare, DSiWare, 3DS and Wii U eShop either, good job everyone for proving OP's point.

 

[fart town usa]

The PS3 is still baller as F and the fans had to remind Sony of it.

 

[Gaiff]

For sure. As I recall real PS3 fans wanted it closed asap but the astroturfers forced Sony to keep it open. I never saw anything like it.

Why the fuck would PS3 fans want the store closed? How would it benefit them or anyone else?

 

[SlicedBread3]

Not sure but there does certainly seem to be a theme of Sony getting dunked on harder for engaging in pretty standard practices. (For better or worse).

Closing PS Store, Helldivers 2 login, Exclusive Avengers DLC etc

 

[Dick Jones]

Why the fuck would PS3 fans want the store closed? How would it benefit them or anyone else?

He's trying to be sarcastic but unfortunately he isn't clever enough.

 

[Shakka43]

No backwards compatibility, complete disregard for their history and legacy etc.

As opposed to Nintendo?

 

[LakeOf9]

I don't know, fuck Nintendo for their closure of the eShop too

 

[hououinkyouma00]

To benefit their narratives

It's this. People online love to hate PlayStation. Everything PlayStation does is anti-consumer to the internet.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

No backwards compatibility, complete disregard for their history and legacy etc.

Xbox only went that direction to try to get some brownie points. None of these companies care, and will always want to just charter you again especially now that games are retard level expensive.

Look at Nintendo.

 

[FoxMcChief]

It's always funny when one side feels their side is being persecuted more than the other. It's even funnier when it's the side that sells 20:1.

 

[begotten]

Sony Bad. Xbox Good.

This is how the online community and astroturfing works.

 

[Loomy]

The first to do it always gets the most backlash. Also, Sony corp as a whole has a history of fucking people over lol

 

[begotten]

Closing the 3DS store was stupid.

I feel like thats the one store out of the lot that has the most exclusive and inaccessible content.

 

[Zathalus]

Several reasons, Sony attempted it first, it was attempted several years earlier, and there is no backwards compatibility with PS3 as opposed to the Xbox backwards compatibility program.

So naturally the pushback was much greater.

 

[Bernkastel]

Sony Bad. Xbox Good.

This is how the online community and astroturfing works.

Xbox put some considerable efforts into backwards compatibility. Less of

inaccessible content

For example there was a recent Lost Odyssey and blue dragon thread where Sakaguchi said he had no plans to port them. But they are BC. It's the OG xbox that has more lost exclusives.

 

[WoJ]

I also think part of it has to do with the fact that Sony didn't give that long of a notice. It was only a couple months whereas MS and Nintendo gave like a year.

 

[Topher]

Sony tax?

 

[feynoob]

Sony tax?

Maybe its because the fact that ps3 games cant be played on ps4.

 

[Three]

I also think part of it has to do with the fact that Sony didn't give that long of a notice. It was only a couple months whereas MS and Nintendo gave like a year.

MS did the same but ended up saying it was "in error" but went on to delist 300 games in regions instead in a few months, then closed the whole thing down in all regions a year later.

 

[Iced Arcade]

You didn't put much thought into this before posting eh? Lol

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Checks OP post history. No surprise at the topic.

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

1 - Xbox has had backwards compatibility for a while. So it has lessen the blow of their pushback to people.
And if I'm not mistaken, a lot of Xbox and 360 games will still be available.

I believe every game deserves being preserved, but I'm seperating my opinion here, because I'm talking about the public in general, not me.

2 - Pushing back against Nintendo for doing it, is like pushing back against a serial killer for killing another 20 people.
If they are free, the serial killer will do serial killer things.

Point is, that disgusting disregard towards gaming preservation, is what they have been doing for a LONG time. Nintendo will do Nintendo. They will pet you on the head from time to time, and give you the obvious and super popular older games of theirs on Switch, but beyond that, they don't care.

People feel sad (I literally cried when the 3DS store closed), people feel angry, but at the end of the day, it's Nintendo. They are as anti-art as a gaming company gets (Being against art, WHICH IS WHAT VIDEO GAMES ARE, being preserved, is anti-art). And people know that.

Sony, on the other hand, has nothing.

They don't have backwards compatibility.
And they seem pretty neutral towards gaming preservation.

Which is why people tend to push back audibly to them.
And the fact that they care enough to delay the closure of these stores, shows that your voice matters at least a little bit to them.

You scream to people that listen to you. You talk to people that listen to you.
The ones that don't, some will try, but most will just feel the way they feel, and that's it.

 

[LordCBH]

I'm glad they got pushback on it. The fact MS isn't getting pushback for closing the 360 store is disgusting. There's basically no reason to shut it down.

 

[Three]

I'm glad they got pushback on it. The fact MS isn't getting pushback for closing the 360 store is disgusting. There's basically no reason to shut it down.

Had a dude trying to poison the well for anybody complaining in the xbox store closing down thread. It's all about readying your audience and giving positive vibes like they did everybody a favour. Few years back those same people would have been banging on about "Azure" and how MS stores don't close "because of the infrastructure and storage" or something.

 

[TGO]

Because it's Sony

 

[bender]

Because Nintendo did it from a place of love.

 

[diffusionx]

A lot of people were pissed off that the 3DS store closed, actually. It's just that Nintendo didn't give a shit whereas Sony actually listened to the people complaining.

 

[Topher]

Maybe its because the fact that ps3 games cant be played on ps4.

Corporate defense forces, perhaps?

 

[Fess]

A majority of my digital Xbox 360 games are backwards compatible so I moved on. Same with Nintendo, most are on Switch so I've moved on.

Switch? I have 100+ digital VC games bought on Wii, transferred to WiiU, rebought many games for updated versions, then lost everything because nothing works on Switch.
Result, I don't trust Nintendo these days. I buy Zelda, Mario, Metroid and skip everything else and never ever buy any indie games because I don't trust that anything will work on their next platform. They're the worst. I would rather invest again on Stadia games, I at least got the money back from that.

 

[TheGodfather07]

There's no PS3 backwards compatibility so many games can still only be played on it. Even I was thinking of getting one off ebay because of games I can't access any other way. Its not the same with 360 because the majority of well known games are BC and can be played on an xbox one or series consoles.