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NEWS: PSP Ends Shipments in Japan

As usual a console lasts far longer in Japan than it does in Western countries where typically the very second a successor is released all support is instantly and summarily dropped. I can't remember the last time a game came out for the PSP in North America (you'd probably have to go back to last year and it was probably just another EA Sports title), but in Japan it looks like it's going at least until October of this year.

According to that IGN article at the time it sold roughly over 3 million units per year over a 5 year period which was over 4 years ago. Not that impressive when the latest game console sold over 1 million units in the first month and was several times the cost.

Not too many gamers play the handheld devices these days, mostly young kids on the go which were bought by their parents.

I'm not saying that it was a piece of crap, but every time I went to buy a game no one was rushing in or even into the PSP section. Most of the those games just sat collecting dust especially those UMD movies that went no where it's a dead format for movies for the longest of times.

The unit didn't do much other than playing games. As a web browser my smart phone or tablet is better for that, ripping a movie to it was a pain in the ass. All on a bulky unit with a small screen.

Their were a few import games my buddy has I would love to have but buying a system I would rarely use to play a handful of games that cost over 80-100 dollars to import not worth it for me.

Well, let's hope this means that Vita will finally start getting more love. Hearing that such a beautiful system is "useless" from people who haven't tried it is a bit disheartening.