PS Vita production to end in 2019 in Japan - Vita is kill for realsies this time.

[Ruin]

"Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed they’re ending production of PS Vita next year.

The news comes via an interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment senior vice president Hiroyuki Oda and Famitsu, where the Sony boss confirmed they will stop shipping the handheld in 2019.

Beyond that, Oda noted there aref no plans for a successor."

https://gematsu.com/2018/09/ps-vita-production-to-end-in-2019-in-japan

 

[The Fool]

My prayers go out to Sony, it must be hard to take a loved one off life support.

 

[Clop]

Wait for a Christmas sale, grab one, install homebrew firmware and play Nintendo games with it in front of him. Watch his heart fucking crumble.

 

[The Shadow]

It was still around? I mean, were new units and games even being sold? I mostly play PC so I don't look at aisles much, but were they still committing shelf space to that abortion?

 

[ulsterscotsman]

It was still around? I mean, were new units and games even being sold? I mostly play PC so I don't look at aisles much, but were they still committing shelf space to that abortion?

I believe there is only new units produced for Japan only as I haven't seen a new in the box vita available in years now.

 

[RG 448]

wtf is vita? Some kind of psp?

 

[Porque no los dos?]

It was still around? I mean, were new units and games even being sold? I mostly play PC so I don't look at aisles much, but were they still committing shelf space to that abortion?

New systems outside of Japan? No. But I have seen Vita games out in the wilds of retail stores.

Just not that many.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

People still play the Vita?

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

People still play the Vita?

I do

 

[Lackadaisy]

I do

It's a console for weebs.

 

[Tramadol]

I'll just stick to my PSP anyway

 

[CIA Nigger]

I was stupid enough to buy a Vita when they were new. It taught me to never waste money on a console when it was new that doesn't have massive third party support after the first year.

At least it had a good Digimon RPG...oh wait that was also on the PS4 as well.

It's a console for weebs.

It's been hacked now. Any vita without 3.69 can be hacked and eventually someone might hack that too.

 

[Cynthia]

I mean, in Japan it’s a ridiculously popular console. As some others pointed out here this probably isn’t referring to outside of Japan.

 

[Block Me]

Vita was the first console I ever bought brand new. I traded it in for a 3DS a few months later.

 

[NumberingYourState]

The battery life was shit but, had amazing sound and the controls were fine.

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

I do

He said 'people', not 'a person'.

 

[Somar]

Once Persona 4 Golden gets ported to PS4 or Switch (please Atlus) there will be basically zero reasons to own a Vita.

 

[Professional iPad Hoarder]

Wait for a Christmas sale, grab one, install homebrew firmware and play Nintendo games with it in front of him. Watch his heart fucking crumble.

I'm pretty sure you can get a lot more Nintendo games from a PsVita w/homebrew than legally on switch

 

[CWCchange]

We can assume Sony's new PlayStation is going to be a home console and tablet hybrid like Nintendo. I mean, they've already followed Nintendo with the PlayStation Classic.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Once Persona 4 Golden gets ported to PS4 or Switch (please Atlus) there will be basically zero reasons to own a Vita.

The Danganronpa series.