This, I discovered, was due to my system’s clock being set to the wrong time, as the PS3 does not automatically adjust for Daylight Savings. In retrospect, I should have foreseen that this would be a difficult process when I booted up my PS3 and found that the PlayStation Store refused to load. As physical copies of the game go for upwards of $80 on eBay, the $20 digital copy looked much more tempting.
It’s not supposed to be a great game, but I’m invested enough in the franchise to see what it has to offer. While most of these games are available on modern consoles, the questionable spinoff, Yakuza: Dead Souls, is relegated to the PS3. I have nothing pressing to play at the moment, and I’ve been slowly but surely working my way through the excellent Yakuza series. But each step of the process compounds on itself to create a vortex of unpleasantness, dragging out a five-minute process into an hours-long odyssey. In fact, if the PlayStation Store worked perfectly on the PS3, they wouldn’t be. These may not sound like huge inconveniences. You can download a game only from its store listing, not via a Web browser or app.You must preload the funds you need into your account.You must buy games via the console itself, not a Web browser.
