PS3, PS Vita No Longer Support Credit Cards, PayPal After October

The entire shuttering of digital storefront fiasco on older PlayStation consoles has been something of a talking point this year. In March, Sony announced
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Sony Will Discontinue Debit Card and PayPal Payments For the PS3 and PS Vita

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PS Vita - SlashGear

Sony Removes Buying PS3/PS Vita and PSP Games And DLC From The Website Store And App - Blu-ray Forum

May's firmware updates made PS3, Vita, and PSP games harder to get (and some inaccessible) – Delisted Games

Sony are now going to make you jump through hoops to make a purchase for the PS3/Vita : r/PS3

PS3/PS Vita: credit cards and other payment methods will no longer be usable on PS Store when accessed from PS3/PS Vita, starting Oct.27 - AUTOMATON WEST

Paypal and Credit/Debit Cards Stop Working on the PS3 and Vita Stores

Sony didn't close the PS3 and Vita stores, but it's making it hard to shop at them - The Verge