While PlayStation Mobile hasn’t been a sure fire hit, it’s had a niche group of gamers and developers who’ve been loyal to the concept. For those not familiar, PlayStation Mobile was/is Sony’s attempt at expanding beyond the core PlayStation consoles and creating games that run on PlayStation certified devices which include select Android smartphones/tablets, and the powerful PS Vita. Sony hope that those who enjoy the game experiences on PlayStation Mobile and don’t own a PlayStation console might find their way back to one of those devices and join the PlayStation family. Now, Sony has sent a notification to all developers that support for PlayStation Mobile leaderboard will cease on June 30th, 2014 and that developers must update their game code and remove the feature from their game.

From Sony:

 Dear PSM developers,

Due to the limited usage, we will be closing PSM scoreboard service on June 30, 2014.

If your PSM Application uses the service, please delete the scoreboard function and re-submit your application as soon as you can. (Note: If your PSM Application uses an external scoreboard service, no actions are required.)

Once we close PSM scoreboard service, it is unable to access PSM scoreboard service. Also, we are afraid, but we cannot provide any technical support such as  transfering data from PSM scoreboard service to another scoreboard service.

We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience, and truly appreciate your understanding. 

As you’d expect, this news hasn’t sat well with developers who’ve worked hard at implementing the feature. Some even argue that a leaderboard feature was the perfect addition to their pocket-sized game. It remains to be seen if Sony will somehow bring some form of other leaderboard service to PlayStation Mobile or if this is a greater sign of things to come for the niche platform.

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[Via PlayStation]