PlayStation 3 Discontinued in New Zealand - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 October 2015 / 5,937 Views
The PlayStation 3 has been discontinued in New Zealand. This could potentially signal that Sony is winding down production of the console as it focuses on the PlayStation 4.
"SCENZ will not be shipping anymore PlayStation 3 consoles to its retailers however the platform is still available in retail outlets throughout NZ and being supported with peripherals, great new releases and back catalogue software," Sony Computer Entertainment of New Zealand told ThoseGamers in a statement.
The PlayStation 3 launched in March 2007 in New Zealand - over eight years ago. In comparison the PlayStation 2 remained in production for 13 years and was discontinued in 2013, the same year that the PlayStation 4 launched.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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That's weird. They still have new releases coming to the console. Maybe it's not selling at all. But I would expect more 1 year or 2.
New Zealand is a very very small country, I don't think this is cause for concern.
80+ million PS3s out there, games will keep coming for years to come.
read that as PS4 discontinued in New Zealand. Whoo hooo hoo that would've lit some fires in some people lol.
New Zealand 123rd most populated out of 257 territories but not surprising the PS3 probably won't have any new games within a year and there are enough on shelves since it won't get another price cut.
Yeah but it hardly rank 123rd for video game sales when half the worlds nations are poor.
I discontinued the ps3 in my house and brought up the original Xbox. I just made better gaming sense as I haven't turned the ps3 on in months. Burnout 3 with my old soundtrack! Woohoo!!!
