{
  "research_date": "2026-09-11",
  "scope": "Documentary research snapshot; unknown values remain null. Not live availability or account testing.",
  "records": [
    {
      "record_id": "SF01",
      "function": "Buy new content",
      "answer": "Affected by regional commerce closure",
      "source_ids": "N03;N04",
      "limitation": "Do not assume all devices/countries close together."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF02",
      "function": "Redownload previous purchases",
      "answer": "Sony says access continues for the foreseeable future",
      "source_ids": "N03;N04",
      "limitation": "Not a perpetual guarantee or proof every account/title is available."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF03",
      "function": "Play previously purchased content",
      "answer": "Support notice says continued play, subject to individual online services",
      "source_ids": "N04",
      "limitation": "License, activation and a required server remain distinct dependencies."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF04",
      "function": "Use an existing disc",
      "answer": "No cited commerce notice says all discs stop working",
      "source_ids": "N03;N04",
      "limitation": "This is a scope conclusion, not a title-level offline test."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF05",
      "function": "Receive game patches",
      "answer": "Not comprehensively guaranteed by these notices",
      "source_ids": "N03;N04",
      "limitation": "Do not infer patch-hosting permanence from redownload language."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF06",
      "function": "Use online multiplayer",
      "answer": "Individual game/service status must be checked",
      "source_ids": "N04",
      "limitation": "Store commerce is not the multiplayer server."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF07",
      "function": "Pay by card/PayPal directly on PS3/Vita",
      "answer": "Console purchase/top-up route restricted since October 27 2021",
      "source_ids": "N04",
      "limitation": "Where commerce remains supported, use separately supported wallet methods."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF08",
      "function": "Sign into PS3/Vita",
      "answer": "Use a generated device setup password",
      "source_ids": "N06",
      "limitation": "Generate through official browser account management; never give credentials to this site."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF09",
      "function": "Transfer content from PS3 to Vita",
      "answer": "Transfer route removed May 11 2022",
      "source_ids": "N04",
      "limitation": "Not proof independent Vita downloads were removed."
    },
    {
      "record_id": "SF10",
      "function": "Purchase through PSP",
      "answer": "PSP commerce endpoint described as July 6 2021",
      "source_ids": "N04;H40",
      "limitation": "Earlier announcement said July 2; retain separate planned/effective descriptions."
    }
  ],
  "sources": {
    "N03": {
      "source_id": "N03",
      "title": "An update on PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment / PlayStation.Blog",
      "publication_date": "2026-07-01",
      "original_url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playstation-store-for-ps3-and-ps-vita/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playstation-store-for-ps3-and-ps-vita/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Announced Mexico/Honduras/Nicaragua August 2026 PS3 phase; unnamed later regions; July 2027 remainder; redownload statement",
      "limitations": "Future/elapsed announcement, not observed implementation; Mexico schedule conflicts with N05. Later-2026 countries are not named in the retrieved original.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "N04": {
      "source_id": "N04",
      "title": "Important notices (United States)",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/important-notice/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/important-notice/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Regional July 2027 notice; PSP commerce July 6 2021; payment and device/transfer limitations; PS Camera adapter notice",
      "limitations": "Undated living regional notice; individual online services remain separate; not proof of all-world implementation.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "N06": {
      "source_id": "N06",
      "title": "Generate a device setup password for PS3 and PS Vita",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/account/ps3-ps-vita-device-setup-password/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/account/ps3-ps-vita-device-setup-password/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Browser account management device password; console sign-in",
      "limitations": "Scope is limited to the cited section, product, region and date. Retrieval does not establish implementation or independent testing.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "H40": {
      "source_id": "H40",
      "title": "PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita Will Continue Operations",
      "publisher": "PlayStation.Blog",
      "publication_date": "2021-04-19",
      "original_url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/19/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/19/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Corporate primary / retrospective",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research; historical source scope retained",
      "claims_supported": "2021 reversal and then-planned PSP commerce end",
      "limitations": "Corporate retrospectives and announcements are not independent evidence of motives or outcomes. Historical offers are not automatically current rules.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    }
  }
}