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RIP PS Vita: Sony officially ends production

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Sony has officially ended production of the PlayStation Vita, the portable gaming console that struggled to reach the same success as its predecessor, the PlayStation Portable.

The two remaining SKUs of the PlayStation Vita are now declared officially discontinued on the device’s official product page, Polygon noticed. This marks the end of life for the portable gaming console, which was launched in the U.S. on February 15, 2012.

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Sony had given up on the console because of the declining sales numbers. Sony stopped releasing sales numbers in public since 2013 (unless they’re doing phenomenally well, like their PS4 sales which are still booming). Game production for the PS Vita stopped in 2015 and last month in February, PlayStation Plus also stopped handing out freebies for the PS Vita.

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