Sony ends PS3 production in Japan

30 May 2017

Steve Wright

Sony has ceased manufacturing of the PS3 in Japan, the company today confirmed.

The news was announced on the official Japanese PlayStation website (thanks, Gematsu). Shipments have “ended”, meaning manufacturing has as well. There’s no word on when the same will occur in the west.

It was rumoured that PS3 manufacturing would soon end back in March; looks like they weren’t too far from the truth.

The PS3 was released in November 2006; Sony promised to support it for ten years, so it has easily kept its word.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.