Sony is taking the PS Store permanently offline on the PS3 and PS Vita in another country, following its closure in Croatia a few years ago. Folks in Bulgaria have been told that they will no longer be able to make purchases on either platform starting mid-January 2026.
Bulgarian PS3, PS Vita stores shutting down for logical reason but fans are still concerned
Like Croatia, Bulgaria is losing the antiquated store because of currency change to Euro. It makes sense for Sony to move on rather than invest resources into updating platforms that are obsolete.
Still, this impending closure has caused some concern among players in other countries. Sony has in the past attempted to shut the PS3/Vita store down, only to reverse the decision following backlash. However, with PS6 around the corner, the writing is on the wall for these stores, and no amount of hue and cry will prevent the inevitable.
“Someone is always the first, otherwise it would be temporary, as with the PS4 and PS5 store,” a player wrote. “Genuinely baffling that they refuse to support the PS3/Vita storefronts,” another fan wrote. “It must take so little to update a payment system.”
However, many said that they understand why Sony is moving on.
