That's it then. The last competitor to Nintendo in the handheld market. Multiple reasons why this happened.
- Higher price, with a 3G model that was a mistake.
- Proprietary expensive memory cards.
- Games games games. Lack of a killer app to drive initial sales. This one can also be divided into multiple reasons:
1 - High production costs and development time
2 - Lack of easy on the go games
3 - Big franchises, like GTA or Monster Hunter (mainline)
Lack of sales caused Sony to drop support, basically driving it even more into obscurity. Lack of mindshare and ultimately nothing.
However, I have one and I enjoyed it very much. I loved playing Persona 4 Golden and Freedom Wars on it. I still think it is great premium gaming handheld.
Sad to see it end.
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