had been producing titles for the PS Vita were not forewarned by Sony of the PlayStation Store's closure, requiring some to crunch to meet the deadline, while others whose games would not be ready made the decision to cancel them. As a result of the negative feedback, Sony announced on April 19, 2021, that they had reversed their decision to close the PS3 and Vita stores, leaving these available for the foreseeable future, though the PSP store will still close as originally planned on July 2, 2021. The day prior to the planned closure of the PSP store, Sony altered their plans again, and instead chose to simply disable the PlayStation Store app on the system, allowing PSP digital games to remain available for purchase on other systems. On March 9, 2022, PlayStation announced that it suspended operations of the PlayStation Store in Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Availability PlayStation Store is available in 70 countries. Argentina* Australia Austria Bahrain* Belgium Bolivia* Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile* China Colombia* Costa Rica* Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador* El Salvador* Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala* Honduras* Hong Kong Hungary Iceland* India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kuwait* Lebanon* Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mexico Netherlands Nicaragua* New Zealand Norway Oman* Panama* Paraguay* Peru* Philippines* Poland Portugal Qatar* Romania Saudi Arabia* Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates* United Kingdom United States Uruguay* '*' = Country where PlayStation Network and Store are officially available, but the Store is in Global currency (USD/EUR), not in local currency. Access and versions The store is accessible through an icon on the XrossMediaBar on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, via the Dynamic Menu on the PlayStation 4, and an icon on the LiveArea on the PlayStation Vita. The service is also available online through the Sony Entertainment Network website. A master account is required to access the PlayStation Store. A log of all previously purchased items, known as "Download List", records each PlayStation Store account's complete download activity. A guest user can use their master account's Download List to download free content or to purchase content on another console; however, a single account can only be used on up to two consoles. This was previously five, but as of November 2011, Sony reduced this to two. The most recent firmware must be installed