[phendrenad2]

This is a shame - there are a lot of great "old" games for PS3 and PS Vita, which were never ported to modern consoles.

This is the new normal on consoles. The Nintendo 3DS will face the same issue soon - once Nintendo pulls the plug on the 3DS online shop, many games will cease to exist, since they were never released on physical media.

Piracy is a solution, but it's sketchy, hit-and-miss, and is kinda against my morals.

This is why I love Nightdive Studios, which is reviving some old games.

[Moosdijk]

Only to be resold again in a "remaster" or in a new packaging such as a retro console.

It's all about the money.

[reader_mode]

> This is the new normal on consoles.

I would say it's the inverse - PS3 had unique HW that's hard to emulate on new consoles, PS4 -> PS5 should be straightforward and can probably be done on system level, I suspect this trend will continue to next gen cloud gaming.