Word is PSP and Vita PSN stores are closing in summer

 According to those pesky sources, the digital lifeblood that is the Vita store is not long for this world. The "confirmed" reports say (to be fair, not exactly a major site) that the PSP store will shut at the start of July, while the much-younger PS Vita store will close at the end of August. 

I'm not sure about the sanity of that, or the tiny costs that Sony incurs to keep them running (and the PS3 store which is also going bye-bye!), it is really worth creating all that angst? Imagine the angry response to a gross act of digital vandalism from developers and publishers. Also, dev kits are still being sent around among those dedicated enough to bring games our way, so would it really make sense to kill PSN?

If true, that pretty much will mean the end of the Vita as Sony is due to shut down physical card production this year. And it is unlikely to official sanction homebrew, the only place to get the raft of new ports, indies and emulated Android games that are giving the handheld a fresh lease of life. 

More annoying, I have 15 years worth of games dating back to those great PSone digital releases that I can't all store on cards. So, there had better be some mechanism to redownload or store them on a PC. 

Whatever happens, I'll be here to the end, and beyond! In practical terms, time to jalbreak those PSPs and Vitas, get very large storage cards and download what you can.