PSP Sony retiring PSP at the end of 2014

[canuckcollector]

http://www.slashgear.com/sony-psp-fi...ring-03331801/

Said to hear Sony is walking out of handheld market...

[Stevo]

They still have the Vita mate

[LyricalOne]

Yeah if you read it, they are retiring it in order to get people to convert to the Vita.
Similar to Nintendo killing a lot of the services for the DS

[canuckcollector]

oh never mind then was just scanning the news hehe. wasn't it discontinued a while back?

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by canuckcollector

oh never mind then was just scanning the news hehe. wasn't it discontinued a while back?

For the West yes, officially it was Jan of this year. But it's just about to be discontinued for Japan.

[geralds]

Originally Posted by LyricalOne

For the West yes, officially it was Jan of this year. But it's just about to be discontinued for Japan.

Thats nothing thats like the ps2 being discontinuedd yet some companies do make games for it still.

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by geralds

Thats nothing thats like the ps2 being discontinuedd yet some companies do make games for it still.

Well I never said games bud. Just the system is being discontinued so they won't produce any more new ones.

Games...who knows. Maybe a while longer. Like your example..look at the PS2

[Twisted]

i really like that vibrant blue hue color psp that was in Japan market.

[geralds]

Well here is to the psp go paper weight now.

[asian1skill]

Yeah games are still being released in japan for the psp look at god eater 2 being cross platform play between psp and the vita.