When it releases next month on 22nd April 2021, ScourgeBringer will become the final PlayStation Vita game to be made available digitally on the platform's storefront. That is before it is pulled just 128 days later as Sony closes the online shop. Director Thomas Altenburger confirmed the unwelcome news over on Twitter after having already stated just over a week ago that the title was the last one "to be approved and produced". ScourgeBringer will be made available physically on PS Vita and there's also a PS4 version planned for the same day so not all hope is lost for the 2D rogue-lite on Sony systems. But if you want to own it digitally on a portable device, you'll need to act fast.
To get a sense of how this affects Sony's legacy, just check out how many PS1 games will no longer be up for purchase after the PS3, PS Vita, and PSP online stores are pulled. Push Square editor Sammy Barker penned a reaction piece covering how it hurts to see PlayStation leave its history in the dust. Unfortunately, ScourgeBringer will very quickly become part of that dismissal.
Will you be buying the game on PS Vita within that 128-day window? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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He also said that the Vita Store was supposed to shut down in 2018 already which is interesting
You're really telling me Sony still allowed a game to be released on the Vita even though it's shutting down?
@Nepp67 He knew that this was happening when applying for it. Even the internal ID was something along "LastVitaGame"
Will I be buying this game in that window? No.
Grew up with this pixel art style being the norm, and as much fun as I had back then, I just can't stomach it these days. That's why I bought a Vita... the promise of home console quality games on a portable device. And to think it started out so well...
Will probably do a buy whether I play it or not - seems a fitting way to sign off my non-CFW Vita.
Love the machine, fortunately the community is keeping it alive with the recent GTA ports etc.
Yeah i'll buy it as a bit of history and a final sign off to my favourite handheld
@IonMagus and weird, considering the console itself wasn't even discontinued until 2019.
@nhSnork This might have also been planned way earlier but who knows
@Rob_230 Because many think like you the Game might sell better in that time then if the store wouldnt shut down lol
LRG also still hold onto that Super Meat Boy physical Vita release. They probably wait until EAS has their last release so they can say that they had the Final physical Run
@Nepp67 - According to Colin Moriarty, Lillymo are working on a new Vita game and Sony sold him a Vita devkit only last month. Very shady.
@Shigurui Lillymo confirmed on Twitter yesterday that Habroxia 2 was their final Vita release as they have had to cancel development of the game they were working on following the announcement 😔
there were games currently in development for the vita. what the actual *****. This is the worst move sony has made in a while.
The vita has quite the active fanbase and I was really looking forward on getting one.
I'll still do it, but it will definitelly be a modded version, I much rather support the devs but sony is being anti-developer and anti-consumer with this.
@Rob_230 - Ah, shame. Thanks for the info.
@Playstation Well, you say 'failure', but PSVR sales are even worse, yet they're persisting with that... even making a new unit.
@lessthanleo Same here. I can’t not have the last Vita game! Though isn’t it a cross-platform buy with the PS4 version? Digitally at least.
Anyone know where the physical version will be available?
I want to buy it if only for the novelty of having the final PS Vita game ever published
Stil astounds me that despite the console's failure it basically lived out a near-10 year lifecycle similarly to the PSP
I like the irony of the game title (Scourgebringer) and the situation. Scourge: a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering. Thanks, Sony.
@Paranoimia...
Because VR is new market that nobody currently owns and Sony are currently leading it with the PSVR with gaming about to go streaming and completely non-physical or online the next boom in gaming is the VR, not a lot of people were intreasted in VR lasy gen but I can tell you PSVR2 will easily sell past 10 million copies this will make devs to shift focus to VR you can already see some big dev experimenting on it e.g IO Interactive with Hitman 3.
Whereaa hand held is completely owned by Nintendo and trying gain a market share from the switch is fruitless hence it did not make sense to contine with Playstation Mobile and to miss out on VR would be foolish and stupid seeing as that is what gaming will go to.
@LiamCroft Question? Will PSP games available on Vita still be able to be purchased through August or will they be removed when the PSP Store shuts down?
There's a loophole that cross buy will still work (if I read correctly) so I guess they could release it as a cross buy title when they release the PS4 version. In theory anyway.
Glad I finished collecting for it last year.
@Jango-Forest It's eastasiasoft bringing it so I'm sure I heard it was gonna be through playasia.
Don't think this will be the last game as Russian Subway Dogs seems to be coming after it, and other devs have been saying they will try to get games out before store closes.
Plus I'm guessing someone cough limited run super meat boy cough could hold back a physical release for that to be the last game, maybe not new as it been out on PSN but you know what I mean.
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