SIE CEO Jim Ryan: PlayStation Vita is 'A Business that We’re No Longer In' - News

Only 5 years late in announcing this.

It's a shame. Vita was great from just a hardware perspective. They just can't support two systems. If they ever did it again they'd need a shared library.

Sales numbers do not Lie

Sucks because it's the best handheld I've ever played, easily beats the switch in comfort. Shame it never took off.

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awesome hardware, but sony did not make the ps vita attractive enough for both consumers and developers, first thing, the memory cards were expensive, however, i understand why sony did this to prevent piracy, second thing, they should of made the transition from psp to ps vita, easier, even set up kiosk which allows the digitialisation of psp umd to ps vita for a fee, ie, US$5 per game, they could of made it easier, by foreseeing making ps vita a fully portable but with a dock (ie., switch like) allow ps3 dual shock and hdmi to tv, instead of ps (vita) tv which was a half way house (but once modified, excellent psp and ps1 native console, and emulation system, they could of even shaped like mini playstation and use a micro retro console), third thing, they should off allowed streaming video (no netflix outside usa), however, it's noted that in Japan, it was moderately sucessful, since 2014 and until 2019 sells more than consoles than xbox one, largely to niche genres such RPGs

coward...

Anyway they practically dropped the Vita support 2 years after release, so it was already clear back then they could not beat the competition or even guarantee decent support. It was really a slap in the face for all people who bought Vita and expected decent support from Sony.

But thats Sonys way with all devices that not immediately have big success.

Sony's obviously more interested in steaming services that stream to mobile devices rather than creating new handheld hardware that has risks that Sony probably isn't willing to take anymore. Nor do they need to. I loved the PSP and for a little bit the Vita, much like the Game Gear and Lynx the support just wasn't there for Vita and yet another handheld staved off by Nintendo.

I have both 8th generation handheld. Undoubtedly, the aesthetic appeal of Psvita is much greater than that of 3DS. It is a console focused on games. So why did vita fail? First point, although promising games Sony delivered little, she thought it would repeat the same sales as its predecessor delivering a killer of Nintendo DS 2.0, however the way people consumed music, movies, series had changed dramatically, so all that appeal that the PSP had Psvita didn't have: to be a respectful multimedia center. Compared to smartphones, Psvita is weak when it comes to multimedia. Second, the portable market is nintendo's primary market, while for Sony not the second: Nintendo saw the problems it faced and tried to remedy the 3DS anyway, which ended up with even acceptable sales. While Sony does not treat its Psvita consumers with the same respect and commitment. In the end, we have 75 million console for Nintendo versus 15 million console from Sony.

A path that Sony should never have taken. Nintendo owns that space. But then again, what if they never tried with Playstation either?

You know what they say, never say never.

Vita's death was caused by expensive memory cards, a lack of exclusives, overly expensive compared to 3DS, and no backwards comparability. Memory cards were $60 for the system just to be able to save your games. Vita didn't get many exclusives. Instead it got games that could be played on either the Vita or the PS4. This made Vita into a "can run the inferior version" type of system. After the 3DS got a price cut Vita was just too expensive to compete.

It's really a shame, I loved the Vita. If only they didn't botch the Vita with stupid decisions, it could have been a success.

A shame. But yes it is expected.

Check your release dates. 2012 not 2021. The Vita is the most disappointing hardware I ever bought. It had so much promise after the PSP, which I loved.

I do like my Vita and still play it from time to time. It's an absolute shame how Sony handled it. Truth be told I'm fine with them never releasing a new one if they are going to treat it like that again. Plus with my current Sony boycott I'm not buying anything from them either way.