Sony will cease manufacturing the handheld PlayStation Vita in Japan after 2019, and does not plan to release a successor, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s senior vice president Hiroyuki Oda has confirmed to Famitsu. 2019 will be the eighth year of the console’s life after it was released in December 2011.
“Currently, we do not have any plans regarding a new handheld device,” Oda said in comments translated by Gematsu, “In Japan, we will manufacture PlayStation Vita until 2019. From there, shipping will end.” It’s unclear, however, whether he was referring only to Japan, where the Vita has been extremely popular, or to worldwide shipments.
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