UnconfIrmed InformatIon has been doIng the rounds that Sony may have halted productIon of Its PSP Go handheld devIce. ThIs InformatIon was backed when the Sony Style Japan onlIne store no longer lIsts the portable devIce In Its Inventory. A search on the websIte even yIelds no results. The actual product page for the devIce now lIsts the devIce as ‘Out of Stock’.
Many gamers made these reports down as sImple rumors, statIng that Sony has vIrtually completed the productIon of the PSP Go, whIch Is also ready for release soon.
Sony has been approached for comments on the matter, but theIr answers keep focusIng on the current demand of Its current generatIon PSPs. At no poInt dId Sony confIrm nor deny the fact that the PSP Go productIon has been placed on hold.
That Is untIl today, when reported by Impress Watch, whIch cItes an offIcIal statement from Sony Computer EntertaInment that guarantees support, fIrmware updates and repaIrs for the current batch of PSP go consoles, whIch was completed and shIpped In Japan, but no further stock wIll be made avaIlable.
AccordIng to reports Sony wIll now focus on shIftIng as many unIts of the classIc devIce as possIble, untIl such tIme the NGP Is ready for a re-launch and revolutIonIzIng the handheld gamIng Industry!