I guess that means production has unofficially ended, they've not been shipping any units to the West since the Destiny bundle and remaining units in the UK got recalled a while ago. I'm still not quite sure I understand why Sony didn't get a model of the PS3 to the £99 price point for families like they did with the PS2 and PS1, but maybe there was just too much tech inside there to do that.
I probably should have scooped up a couple more discounted units last Xmas when I had the chance since my old slim is on its last legs, but I've got a white super slim in storage just in case.
That's it.
The Cell and RSX never dropped enough in price. The HDD is also another problem (though some Super Slim consoles had 12GB flash on the motherboard instead), which is something PS4 and XB1 will struggle with pricedrops too.