Sony email confirms a new PlayStation Store for web and mobile is coming this month

Sony is set to launch a new version of the PlayStation Store for web and mobile this month.

The plans were first outed in a message sent to developers earlier this month, and the platform holder has now started notifying users of the upcoming changes via email.

The platform holder says the new PlayStation Store will launch online from October 21-26 and on mobile on October 28.

Users who access the online marketplace via these platforms from those dates will no longer be able to purchase PS3, PSP and Vita games and add-ons, or PS4 apps, themes and avatars. The wishlist feature will also be discontinued.

All of the above content will still be purchasable via the PlayStation Store on consoles, and all previously bought content will remain available to players.

In September it was claimed that the source code of the PlayStation website makes reference to several unannounced PS5 features, including party chat support for up to 100 players and a wishlist feature for the store.

Sony overhauled the PlayStation Trophies system earlier this month, introducing new Trophy levels and a new level calculation structure. The company will also be updating the Trophy level icon on PS5 and the PlayStation App “at a later date”.

The changes come as the company gears up to launch PlayStation 5 on November 12 in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. The rest of the world will get the console a week later on November 19.

Earlier today Sony revealed the PS5 system menu in an 11-minute video.

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