Pour 'em out if you've got 'em, and be sure to give your little PlayStation 2 ? collecting dust in that little-used corner of your entertainment center ? a gentle hug today. According to a new report from Famitsu, Sony has officially stopped shipping its aged console to retailers in Japan. And once these legacy gaming consoles are sold out, that's it. No more. Sony, for all intents, has ceased producing the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
Before you start scrambling to put your current console up on eBay, however, know that Sony's plans don't officially mark the death of the PlayStation 2 around the rest of the world. Though it's safe to say that the final days of the PlayStation 2 are likely a bit closer now than they were previously.
What remains unclear is whether Sony will officially axe its 12-year-old console before it officially announces its rumored PlayStation 4, or whether the company will keep production going until its next console officially hits store shelves ? or until some time period after.
To keep Sony's in-between console in perspective, the company plans to support the PlayStation 3 for a full 10-year lifecycle ? at least through 2015.
"And we're going to continue supporting it not only that long, but as long as there is a development spigot that's running hot. And I can tell you right now, the development spigot for PS3 is very hot. A lot of great games coming. Same thing with PS2? it's kind of stuck around as that old warrior, many years after its launch. But there's still games launching for it," said John Koller, Sony's director of hardware marketing, in a September interview with Gamespot.
Sony announced in February of 2011 that the PlayStation 2 had officially reached 150 million worldwide shipments the month prior, giving it top honors as the world's best-selling home gaming console. Additionally, the company said that more than 1.52 billion games had been sold since the console's official Japan launch in March of 2000.
In total, the PlayStation 2 only saw two hardware iterations ? the original "fat" console and a refined "slimline" console that began shipping in late 2004. Current rumors suggest that the Sony's PlayStation 4 could be released around the holiday season of 2013.
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