Sony to Stop Production of Physical PlayStation Vita Games by March 31, 2019 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 May 2018 / 3,633 Views
Sony will be ending production of physical PlayStation Vita games by the end of fiscal year 2018, which ends March 31, 2019, according to Kotaku who obtained a message to developers.
Sony Interactive Entertainment’s American and European branches "plan to end all Vita GameCard production by close of fiscal year 2018."
Developres have until June 28 to submit physical product code equests and final purchase orders by February 15, 2019.
Digital games through the PlayStation Store will remain available on the PlayStation Vita.
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So does this mean they're finally going to lower the price of the Vita's memory?? I don't know what marketing idiot Sony hired that thought people were going to pay $100 for 64 gb of storage, when Micro SD has that for $20. They drove away a lot of customers because of that.
You can get MicroSD adapters for the vita now.
same marketing idiot who decided to release PS3 for $600
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There's a good chance this has to do with electronics support laws. According to California law, electronics sold there have to be fully supported - no features made obsolete - for 7 years from original release.
No feature is made obsolete by this though. You can still purchase and play physical games on a PS Vita, even after this. The change is that you won't find any new releases physically after that. But the feature (of playing games physically) remains.
That's a matter of interpretation.
Finally, let Vita rest in peace.
Finally, the Vita Go!
But it's said "American and European branches"... So what about Japan?
So it is done then.
That's too late tbh should be sooner. Haven't seen a vita section in any gaming store in years
According to my coworker who recently bought a Vita for some strange reason, they still have a Vita section at Fry's.
