Sony has yanked PSP title Everybody's Tennis from the PlayStation Store following reports that a loophole in the software would have allowed homebrewers to run unsigned code on the PS Vita.
The move follows similar action taken by the company last month, when they pulled MotorStorm Arctic Edge over fears that a similar exploit would have opened the system to the homebrew scene, and, by extension, software piracy. That game has yet to return to the store.
Given that the PSP fell victim to piracy very early on in its lifespan, it's understandable that Sony would take drastic action to prevent the Vita from falling victim to a similar fate.
Still, the unfortunate side effect of all this is that paying customers have now found themselves unable to access either game in their download history. Unless Sony patches the exploits and returns the titles to the store, anyone who doesn't currently have the games downloaded to their system will be unable to access something they bought with their hard earned money.
If you ask me, that's a fairly drastic step to take for something that, according to one prominent homebrewer, was nowhere close to allowing the Vita to play pirated games, and would instead merely open the system to custom software and classic emulators.