A file photo of visitors trying a gaming program at Sony’s booth at Tokyo Game Show 2019 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan. The closure of the PlayStation Store in mainland China comes on the heels of reports on social media that mainland PlayStation users were able to switch to overseas services via a backdoor and circumvent China’s restrictions to download unlicensed games. — Reuters
HONG KONG: Sony has suspended its PlayStation Store in mainland China saying it wanted to improve the online store's security, in a move that will temporarily prevent it from selling games in the world's largest video game market.
PlayStation China announced the closure in a statement on its Weibo account on May 10, saying it was for a "system security upgrade" without providing further details.
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