Once upon a time, Sony announced plans to close the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita storefronts, and while it had already replaced the old web-based PS Store, it blocked it off for good. Now the company has reversed its decision to remove the storefronts from its legacy formats, and industrious fans have also found a way to access the old browser-based plaza.
You’ll need to use a Firefox plugin to do this, called Valkyrie PS Store. It goes without saying that, while the plugin seems safe enough, proceed carefully if you do decide to use it – we can confirm that it works at the moment, but obviously you’re installing it at your own risk. There’s a tutorial you can follow through here if you need a little extra help.
Many prefer the old web-based PS Store from both a usability perspective and due to the fact that it lists PS3 and PS Vita software, which the new version has removed. You can buy games using the aforementioned Firefox plugin, but we imagine this will get patched up quickly – it’s obviously not meant to be accessed anymore.
[source addons.mozilla.org, via twitter.com, videogameschronicle.com, eurogamer.net]
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It really didn't sink in how irritating the new store is until I downloaded this add-on.
I don't like plugins very much so I won't be using this but God looking at this makes me realise how much I miss the old Store. The new one never works properly and it's so annoying.
That's awesome. The old store was pretty cool. I did all my shopping for PS games there, but it was easier to browse on than the web portals on their respective consoles.
Replacing it with something so vastly inferior still really baffles me. Who at Sony thought the current store page was an acceptable replacement?
It still amazes me that Sony are not acknowledging how broken all of their digital storefronts are and fixing them. The web store is universally regarded as worse than before, the PS5 store has no DLC or Demos sections and many new releases don't even show up in the filters list and the PS4 store is slow and has crashed repeatedly for years and still does to this day.
I may be wrong, but you rarely, if ever, hear the same about people disliking the Xbox, Steam or Switch Estores unless it's about discoverability.
I think it's past time for Sony to give the stores to another company to manage and maintain as the current one is clearly not up to it.
Flip yeah, going to try this out! =D
Not comfortable using my PSN details on here, or installing the plug in, but impressive efforts from those that managed to do this.
So I tried this and logged in, pretty stupid perhaps - seems Sony are now blocking my IP from accessing the store, all because I wanted to play Spongebob Squarepants The Movie The Game on my PS3. Be careful folks.
EDIT: Ok I cleared my cookies on Chrome and now it seems like it's back to normal, though I've already deleted the extension and won't be floppin around with it anymore. They didn't even have Spongebob in the PS2 classics section...pffft.
@katamariUK When fans are desperately doing everything in their power to avoid using the new website, up to and including unofficially restoring the old one, that should be a sign that Sony is doing something very, very wrong.
There is an Android app which uses the old API as well - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dna.PSStore
You can still find, sort and filter PS3, PS Vita, PSP games, themes and stuff.
I'm kind of worried about the safety of using a Firefox plug-in from a unknown source (the dev is SilicaAndPina, only 1 app on the add-on store) to access a service with my credit card and other sensitive information...
Can't people just let it go?! What a waste of time!
It must be horrible for whoever is in charge, when customers prefer to have more work to access the old online store than acess the current one.
Who in their right mind thought that the current PSN Store would be an improvement, or even, what customers wanted?
Really useful for checking prices and checking game availability before booting up the PS3 to make purchases.
@Olmaz Then why even use it im not going to risk my personal data with some unknown.
I might check this out later, thanks for the link!
@Flaming_Kaiser Oh I don't intend to use it, my comment was meant in a more sarcastic way. Of course I won't give sensitive info to a source so sketchy as this one.
I just wanted to imply that game media outlets (not only PushSquare as this info has been all around video game sites) should maybe handle in a better way these kind of "news" with heavy warnings and not just "while the plugin seems safe enough". Maybe don't report on it if you've not confirmed it's safe...
@Olmaz Im the same way and i really dont trust it cant wait for the next rant where people blame Playstation for getting ripped off. 🤪
Yay! Thanks to this plugin I was finally able to claim the DLC from the Dark Souls II PS3 season pass I bought, which for some reason doesn’t show up on my PS3.
Additionally, the store on PS3 is slow as hell and constantly crashes my console; using the website is far more convenient. Not to mention, it allows me to pay directly using PayPal while the store on PS3 asks for my id card number and freezes after I enter it, meaning I have to use gift cards in order to pay...
I do wonder what company they hired to do the new webstore. The employees should probably remove it from their CV.
@Flaming_Kaiser There is an Android app where you can still find, sort and filter PS3, PS Vita, PSP games, themes and stuff (PS4 and PS5 as well) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dna.PSStore without PSN account
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