{"id":500630,"date":"2021-05-12T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=500630"},"modified":"2021-05-12T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:35:11","slug":"fact-check-are-playstation-3-servers-shutting-down-forever-on-june-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-are-playstation-3-servers-shutting-down-forever-on-june-3\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Are PlayStation 3 Servers Shutting Down Forever On June 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-are-playstation-3-servers-shutting-down-forever-on-june-3%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=500630&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-72585960-scaled-e1620752891817.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/COGqaYBpc9m\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> claims PlayStation 3 servers are permanently shutting down June 3 this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/COGqaYBpc9m\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-9.52\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no indication PlayStation 3 servers are being permanently shut down in early June. The PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3 was previously scheduled for closure on July 2, but that decision has been reversed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sony\u2019s gaming console PlayStation 3 was first released in the U.S. in late 2006, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/tech\/gaming\/2006-11-17-ps3-debut_x.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/COGqaYBpc9m\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 25 Instagram post<\/a> shows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kilroy_yt\/video\/6948998223772011781?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TikTok video<\/a> concerning servers used to play PlayStation 3 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaystation 3 servers are shutting down forever on june 3rd 2021,\u201d text inside the video reads. \u201cMake sure you play all of your childhood games before its too late. You wont ever be able to play again Because it is all sadly coming to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Check Your Fact found no indication PlayStation 3 servers will be permanently turned off in early June. No announcement to that effect appears on PlayStation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a> or in its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=PlayStation%203%20(from%3APlayStation)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/14104316802\/search\/?q=playstation%203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/playstation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a>. Sony also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.com\/content\/sony\/en\/en_us\/SCA\/company-news\/press-releases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doesn\u2019t appear<\/a> to have mentioned the supposed server deactivation in any press releases. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/10\/07\/fact-check-kevin-mccarthy-fox-news-mass-shootings-video-games-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Kevin McCarthy Say, \u2018There Are No Mass Shootings In Japan Because There Are No Video Games There\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The inaccurate claim may have stemmed from confusion about a notice <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210329173319\/https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/support\/important-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visible<\/a> on the PlayStation website March 29 that said that the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita consoles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/playstation-store-shut-down-ps3-vita-psp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would respectively close<\/a> July 2 and Aug. 27 and that the remaining purchase functionality for the PlayStation Portable would end July 2. In that notice, PlayStation <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210329173319\/https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/support\/important-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> customers would still be able to \u201cre-download and play previously purchased game titles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 19, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2021\/04\/19\/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that the company had changed its plan, saying it \u201cwill be keeping the PlayStation Store operational for PS3 and PS Vita devices.\u201d The PlayStation Portable \u201ccommerce functionality will retire on July 2, 2021 as planned,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2021\/04\/19\/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan\u2019s announcement<\/a> on the PlayStation blog.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to PlayStation for comment on the post\u2019s claim and will update this article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Instagram claims PlayStation 3 servers are permanently shutting down June 3 this year. Verdict: False There is no indication PlayStation 3 servers are being permanently &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277948,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-72585960-scaled-e1620752891817.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Are PlayStation 3 Servers Shutting Down Forever On June 3?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-72585960-scaled-e1620752891817.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Are PlayStation 3 Servers Shutting Down Forever On June 3?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}