Missing PS3 Premium Avatars Returning to PS5, PS App

Here’s something we weren’t expecting to see today: premium PS3 avatars that randomly disappeared from the PS5 and PS App back in June have returned for a number of users. Those who’ve been part of the PlayStation ecosystem since the PS3 era understand the sentimental value of those avatars, and why it’s exciting to have them back.

PS3 premium avatars mysteriously reappeared on PS5, PS App following PSN outage

The avatars began reappearing following yesterday’s partial PSN outage, although I don’t think the two events are related. For the uninitiated, back in the day, Sony used to sell PSN avatars via the PS Store in addition to the free ones, and allowed players to carry them over to the subsequent generations.

However, back in June, PS5 players could no longer use their PS3 avatars via the console or the PS App, causing concern. Sony didn’t officially respond to any queries for the past three months, but its PS Support agents misled players — as usual — into believing that those avatars were gone from modern platforms for good. That’s not the case.

The disappearance never made any sense to us anyway since PSN profiles are not limited to one generation of consoles.

If the PS3 avatars haven’t reappeared for you yet, wait a little.

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