All models of Sony's handheld game machine 'PlayStation Vita' finished production, it is about 8 years history

by Sergey Galyonkin

Two models "Wi-Fi model black (PCH-2000 ZA11)" "Wi-Fi model Aqua Blue (PCH-2000 ZA23)" which had been continuing minimal production on the lineup page of the portable game machine " PlayStation Vita " Has been shipped, it became clear that Sony completed production of all models of PlayStation Vita completely.

PS Vita | Line up | Playstation
https://www.jp.playstation.com/psvita/product-lineup/

RIP PS Vita: Sony officially ends production - Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/2/18246372/playstation-vita-canceled-discontinued-production-ended-ps-vita-sony

It has been reported that Sony planned to finish the production of PlayStation Vita, it was said that the purchase order of PlayStation Vita will be until February 15, 2019, and will end production by the end of March 2019. Also, Mr. Hiroyuki Oda, Vice President of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the department head of the Japan Business Operations Division at Tokyo Game Show 2018 , said, "PlayStation Vita will continue to produce until 2019, after which shipment will be completed I was talking .

In the PlayStation Plus of the paid plan, "SILENT HILL: Book Of Memories" which is exclusive software for PlayStation Vita was distributed as free play in February 2019, but after March 8, 2019, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Contents for Vita will be discontinued.

by Sergey Galyonkin

As the successor to PlayStation Portable , PlayStation Vita launched PCH-2000, which is the initial type on December 17, 2011, and PCH-2000 which became thinner on October 10, 2013. It is characterized by having the touch pad on the back, it is possible to connect with the Internet by connecting to Wi - Fi, and also models that can connect to 3G communication by installing a SIM card were also on sale.

However, as the performance of smartphones and tablet PCs rose, mobile game platforms shifted from mobile games like PlayStation Vita to smartphones and tablet PCs, which made it hard to struggle It was. 2015 and later to the PlayStation Vita dedicated game titles are no longer almost out, and in 2018 the end of the year was terminated the productivity of dedicated memory card is the physical media for the game software of the PlayStation Vita have been reported .

There is no official figure showing how much PlayStation Vita sold over 8 years because Sony ceased publishing sales of individual platforms for investors in 2013, but Polygon in gaming media is roughly 10 million It is likely to be 15 million units. At the time of article creation, 806 software was released for PlayStation Vita.

by MiNe

Although the production of PlayStation Vita has ended, the service provided to PlayStation Vita is continued at the time of article creation. You can purchase game software download from the PlayStation Store, you can also do remote play by linking to PlayStation 4. In addition, PlayStation Vita can play "Game Archives" which ported PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PC engine games.