PS3, PSP, and Vita Stores Closing in July

[ShiraNoMai]

I second Moony's response. I personally think this monetarily motivated but regardless of the who's and what's, it's nice to see them keeping it around a little longer.

[Dragon Lord]

I'm not going to feed into the "Sony only did this for money!" conspiracy theories, and until proven otherwise with concrete proof, I'm going to give Sony the benefit of the doubt and believe that they reversed their decision after seeing the backlash and disappointment of their costumer base. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible for CEOs of corporations to actually do something good from time to time.

The stores will still shut down eventually, that's going to be unavoidable, but this gives me more time to go through the stores and pick out the games I want to get before a complete shutdown does happen, so I'll be happy with that.

[Moonface]

I'm not going to feed into the "Sony only did this for money!" conspiracy theories, and until proven otherwise with concrete proof, I'm going to give Sony the benefit of the doubt and believe that they reversed their decision after seeing the backlash and disappointment of their costumer base. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible for CEOs of corporations to actually do something good from time to time.

Same. I doubt Sony would have done this just to encourage sales. In the event that somehow they lied about store closures just to drive sales, on the bright side it does appear it got Sony to investigate the CMOS battery issue in PS4's. Besides, like is being said, the stores will shut down legitimately eventually, so even if Sony lied about it for now, people who bought games would have still bought them regardless of Sony's motive.

[ShiraNoMai]

You will never ever find concrete proof of a company admitting that anything was for monetary gain; that's just counterproductive for marketing and brand purposes. Even if a company claims to be transparent about matters, it's a load of shit.

I work very closely with our CEO and absolutely know that generally, if you're not making money by doing it (or intending to in the long run), you're not doing good business. And that includes charitable causes. So I'll never believe for a second that things weren't foundationally monetarily motivated because that's just how business works, unfortunately.

[Moonface]

I expect Sony at first announced it because it wasn't worth the upkeep of having it, only to later determine that they can make more money by changing the decision and keeping it. Especially since they're still shutting off the PSP store, so no matter what that still isn't worth the upkeep.

[Metallix]

Yeah it was probably as much about money as it was people complaining.