Now you can only get the 500 GB Jet Black
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Like all major hardware purges, Sony starts with Japan. It happened with the Vita and will now happen on the PS4.
As Game Watch reported, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia will phase out all PS4 Pro models and all but one PS4 Slim model. In short, the only PS4 that Sony will actively sell in Japan will be the slim 500GB Jet Black PS4 model. As Gematsu points out, the PS4 “OG” has already been discontinued.
While the PS4 had a fantastic race, it reached 113.5 million units and counted (placing it directly among the top five best-selling consoles of all time, just above the original PlayStation), obviously , Sony looks to the future here.
There are many considerations when it comes to hardware, such as the physical shelf space to the retailer, as well as concerns about manufacturing and overhead. Sony needs to meet the demand for the PS5 and put the hardware in the hands of everyone who can; and get out of an era of “lotteries” and PS5 chaos. For Sony, it is the beginning of a new era. For PlayStation fans and collectors, it’s the end of one.
PS4 [Game Watch via Gematsu]
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