Sony will cease production of PlayStation Vita in Japan next year

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Sony has announced it will cease production of PlayStation Vita units in Japan next year.

Sony Interactive Entertainment senior vice president Hiroyuki Oda broke the news during a TGS 2018 interview with Famitsu,

When pressed regarding a possible successor, Oda said there are no current plans to develop a new handheld device.

“We currently do not have any plans to announce a new handheld device,” he said (thanks, Siliconera). “As for the PlayStation Vita, we will continue its production through 2019 in Japan. Shipment will end afterwards.”

Vita debuted in the region during December 2011 and released in the west the following February. By 2013 sales of the handheld were down.

Earlier this year Sony confirmed it would end production for PS Vita games this year. Developers working on titles for Vita were given until June 28 to submit product code requests. Studios must also place final purchase orders by February 15, 2019.

Those who own a Vita system can still acquire games off the PS Store. Sony has no plans at present to stop selling digital titles released for the handheld.

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Source: https://www.vg247.com/2018/09/20/vita-production-ending-japan/

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JastyPosted:

I didn't even know they still produced the vita, didn't seem to had that success the psp had.

CraigPosted:

PS VITA should have been killed off worldwide years ago, i hates the thing.

TikToK_LavishCODPosted:

Mikey Got scared there for abit lol, then I see it's only for Japan lol, oh well, sucks for them. But my question is, they may now do this for US and UK in the future?


Ye I would of thought so isn't Japan there biggest producer?

TOXICPosted:

Got scared there for abit lol, then I see it's only for Japan lol, oh well, sucks for them. But my question is, they may now do this for US and UK in the future?

MadePosted:

Wow makes me sad that their sales weren't good enough. RIP PSP

GroguPosted:

Never owned one myself but the Switch is taking over the market. Sad to see this go tbh, I remember the PSP that was dope

TTGPosted:

At least it had a good run I remember having a PSP forever.

MazePosted:

Crazy to see the vita coming to an end


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