Released in Japan on December 17, 2011, Sony‘s PlayStation Vita turns ten years old today.
2021 marks the tenth and final year for Sony’s last portable console: the PlayStation Vita. Sony has been winding down the Vita’s life span over the past few years in preparation to focus on other projects. It halted production of the hardware in 2019, alongside its physical cartridges.
Publishers purchased their final cartridges around this time and released the games over the following two years. East Asia Software sold the final two official physical Vita games, Mooseman and A Winter’s Daydream yesterday (December 16, 2021). Sony also ceased applications from developers to submit games for sale through the PlayStation Vita store in July this year.
The PlayStation Vita launched during the era of the PlayStation 3, and was the first portable console which could boast capabilities similar to its home counterpart, with many games being sold on both consoles simultaneously.
Persona 4 Golden, a remake of PlayStation 2’s Persona 4 with upgraded and added content, was the most popular console exclusive release for the platform, selling 200,000 copies within the first week of release. The handheld saw a new lease of life upon the release of the as well.
