Thread by @gosokkyu

the enormity of the problem didn't really register with me while it would've mattered but wow the search function on the Vita/PS3 stores are complete trash, huh

like, it's shocking how many big games on PSN are completely invisible unless you buy through the web store…what % of people even buy that way, I wonder

icymi, they're closing the PS3/PSP/Vita web stores next week, so I'm sweeping games that can only be bought that way

oh and you have to turn off 2FA in order to transfer games from PS3 to PSP because Sony couldn't figure out how to make it work without breaking, peachy

apparently there are PSP/PSOne Classic games that are only visible if you search for them on a specific console store /but they only appear if you've previously searched for them before [arbitrary date]/

what is this lunacy

btw, if you want to start sweeping & backing up digital PS3/V/P purchases now, this Chrome plugin is super helpful chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

it seems like Sony's pulling parts of the web store ahead of schedule, gdi

fwiw Konami PSP/One games tended to feature among the "can't buy and/or download natively on Vita list: the various Silent Hills, MGS (but not VR Missions?), Castlevania Chronicles, etc

iirc Crash & Spyro were also there, hell if I know, testing this stuff is so laborious

oh and Romancing SaGa 3, which is less than a year old and digital-only on Vita, has apparently never been available to buy directly from the Vita store

why did they even bother

fyi they're also killing wishlists alongside the web store—I never used but the Vita diehards in particular seem to consider that feature the only practical way to keep track of games that aren't properly listed, aren't highlighted during sales even when they're discounted, etc

all this to say, hack your shit

here's a very recent list of games you absolutely cannot buy directly via the NA Vita store, most of which need to be transferred from PS3 tweetvitareview.wordpress.com/list-of-vita-a…

the list doesn't cover all the games/DLC that are technically available but only via search &/or prior acct activity

and again, I'd love to offer a properly vetted list, more procedures for most expediently finding/backing up things but between the ridiculously short heads-up & my blithe assumption that the PS3 store wouldn't crash every time I looked at it, I simply wasn't prepared. my bad