PSP & PS Vita Owners Shouldn't Update Their PS3 Firmware
PlayStation has recently released an unexpected firmware update for the PS3, but it removes functionality from the PSP and PS Vita, the company's two handheld consoles. The update came on May 10 alongside a similarly surprising firmware update for the Vita, measures that have been taken for the sake of user account security. The PS3 update has made it more difficult for users to transfer their digital games from the home console to either portable devices, with the issue making certain models of the PSP almost completely obsolete.
This latest firmware update for the PS3 and Vita makes it so that users are required to use two factor authentication when signing into their PlayStation Network accounts. This is a continuation of Sony's plans to sunset the aging devices, which includes measures like disabled credit card and PayPal payments on both the PS3 and Vita, even though both of their PlayStation Stores remain functional due to user demand. The need for two factor authentication seems to have ruined an important feature for those still using the PSP and Vita — the ability to download PSP and Vita games on a PS3 before transferring them to the portable device.
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This functionality, which was found to no longer exist by Twitter user SarahSSowertty, was especially nice for retro gaming fans, since it allowed a wide variety of original PlayStation games to be played on a PS Vita, the only caveat being many of the classic titles required transfer from a PS3, and couldn't be downloaded to the Vita directly. The older PSP has arguably been more affected, though, since the device's built-in PlayStation Store is no longer usable. Players are able to
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