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PlayStation Vita comes to an end

It was well known that the life cycle of the PlayStation Vita was nearing completion. In 2015, Sony announced that it would no longer develop games for the console and thus began a gradual process in which it was withdrawing support given to the system. He opted to discontinue the sale of physical games and, more recently, ended up finishing the offers allocated to PS Vita under the PlayStation Plus subscription. Now, it puts the finishing touches on console history by shutting down the production lines that were still making the last two versions of the system.
Vita was launched in 2011, at a time when the mobile gaming market had begun to carburette, and this was perhaps the phenomenon that prevented it from reaching higher levels of popularity. With a reception below expectations, the console eventually "marinated" in a gray area that little pleased the studios, causing them to reject substantial investments in the
In addition, there was strong competition, especially from Nintendo, which has dominated the portable console segment for several years, and some functional limitations, which forced the player to invest in several proprietary memory cards.
The international press says that Sony has no plans to follow this bet on the notebook market. The move is not surprising, especially at a time when smartphones and tablets also play the role of a gaming console, and the library of available titles is large enough to please Greeks and Trojans. Then there is also the presence of Switch, which enjoys great popularity among consumers. Commercially speaking, Sony has accumulated successes with the performance of PlayStation 4. Mundophone