Four years ago, Sony announced that the PSP, PS3, and PS Vita stores would be taken down, which in turn would leave a huge number of games locked to the platforms unavailable. After massive backlash the PS3 and PS Vita were spared, and we haven't heard a peep since. However, the PS3 store has been down for over a day now, and people are starting to worry that Sony may have killed it without any warning, sending the only way to play Metal Gear Solid 4 and Tokyo Jungle into the great beyond.
As pointed out by Delisted Games ,since Tuesday night EDT, the PlayStation Store on PS3 – which is the only way to access this version, as the browser client was discontinued – has been throwing out the message "this service is currently undergoing maintenance" when you try to open up a game page on the store. They report that this is the case on the US, European, and Japanese PS3 stores but the PS Vita store is unaffected. It's also reported that players are still able to access the games they already own for download.
