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PlayStation 3 ending production in Japan
- Thread starter oldmario
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Geno Breaker
Banned
Damn, it outlived the Wii and the Wii U.
Laplasakos
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StereoVsn
Member
It's certainly not surprising considering it's sales. Man, it has been a great generation for PS3 at the end and it had some excellent games and exclusives throughout its lifetime despite rough first few years.
It also taught Sony some hard lessons on whatnot to do when making a mass market consumer product.
Napalm_Frank
Member
11 year lifecycle bitches.
They lived up to their 10 year plan.
Elitist1945
Member
My absolute favorite console of all times.
Frozenprince
Banned
Amazing piece of hardware. Never happier with an electronics purchase than that, has lasted me the entire 11 years of it's production cycle without a hint of dying.
Visualante2
Member
Wasn't sure of the significance of this story when it was announced. Does Sony Japan produce all their own systems domestically? What is to stop them importing Chinese manufactured systems. I would guess the lion's share of production is done in China anyway. Maybe some sort of import restrictions makes it cheaper to do it in Japan?
MaximumSpider
Banned
Best last gen console imo. RIP friend.
Spiritwalker
Member
End of an era. I'm gonna keep mine hooked up to the TV for a long time tho.
Monty Mole
Member
Literally in the case of 360.
Edit: RROD jokes aside, 360 production stopped a year ago and 360 launched a year earlier, so isn't it about the same?
Has there ever been word about US production stopping? About 6 months ago my buddy was looking for a ps3 and couldn't find them anywhere, except for a local target which had 3 of them on clearance for 99 dollars. He bought all 3, one for himself and kept the other 2 sealed for resell.
WaterAstro
Member
My launch PS3 still works, but loud as hell. My second PS3 is fine and dandy. Played Yakuza 5 on it not long ago.
PS3, you are a good friend. Con te partirò. /commitssudoku
PS3, you are a good friend. Con te partirò. /commitssudoku
potatohead
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The legend
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Dwight Schrute
Member
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Officially, no, but I suspect it was discontinued back in 2015. I picked one up for Yakuza 5 and it was not an easy find.
Acquiescence
Member
Shame really, it was just hitting its stride.
I believe worldwide production finished quietly a while ago.
If Japan production is done, you can bet it's done everywhere else. My parents bought me a brand new Super Slim in December 2015 and it was extremely difficult to find (UK). Most places don't stock the console new anymore.
Someone correct me if wrong.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Super rough start that ended up with the final few years becoming amazing and the UI becoming the speediest and cleanest looking one in the end. It's still my preferred console to watch blu rays on despite owning a PS4 and Xbox one.
It's kind of amazing the PS3 developed as it did. I feel like it went far beyond what Sony originally imagined. I tried playing some PS2 classics yesterday and booting the damn thing, navigating to the store (when I had to download an update, lol), downloading, installing, launching, etc...all crazy.
Anyway godspeed little PS3.
Anyway godspeed little PS3.
Ken Kutaragi and Kazuo Hirai redeemed.
bitbydeath
Member
Making room for PS5 already?
GameCenterXDS
Member
You can still buy tons of classic psx and ps2 games on the PS3 store (I'm sure the clock is already ticking on that). Im gonna try to enjoy as much as I can.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
Goodnight sweet prince
miller.skippins
Banned
Death of cell
Cow1337killr
Banned
Easily the greatest selection of games any console has to offer.
Hidden One
Member
Still have my 2009 slim PS3 in the closet.