PS Vita: Sony to cease production of handheld PlayStation console in 2019

It's the end of an era for at least some handheld video game console fans. PlayStation has just announced that it will cease production of its handheld PlayStation Vita console in Japan in 2019. The announcement was made at the 2018 Tokyo Game Show on September 20. Sony Interactive Entertainment Vice President Hiroyuki Oda confirmed that production will soon cease and revealed that the company currently had no plans for a successor to it. 'Currently, we do not have any plans regarding a new handheld device.