Hasta La Gadget!

Now that the PS2’s started taking steps toward retirement with Sony ceasing its production in Japan, it seems GameStop doesn’t plan to keep the console under its roof for much longer. According to a leaked in-store display posted to Reddit by eGORapTure, the gaming retailer will no longer accept the 12-year-old system for trade-ins as, effective June 1st. Our friends at Joystiq contacted multiple stores to confirm the news and many said the policy is indeed set to go into effect. Unsurprisingly, PS2-related accessories and titles will also be refused for trade-ins once the date rolls around. We’ve reached out to GameStop’s corporate representatives for comment and will let you know what we hear back. For now, you can find more info at the via and source links. Well, they gotta make room for those PS4 boxes — however they end up looking, right?

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Via: Joystiq, Destructoid

Source: Reddit

It’s not just Japan that’s ending production of the PlayStation 2, apparently. Sony tells The Guardian that production is over on a worldwide scale. Of course, it shouldn’t be too hard to find one anytime soon, as Sony says over 1.5 billion units are already out in the wild. Of course, the first production run of Sony’s PlayStation 3 also included full PS2 backwards compatibility, so that number’s magnified even more. And then there’s always the possibility that Sony will eventually put many (or most) of its PlayStation 2 games online in some form. Regardless, it’s a sad day for Sony’s most popular console, and we’re pouring out a cold one for the console that helped birth modern gaming. We’ll miss ya, dude. It was a good run.

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Via: Joystiq

Source: The Guardian

Sony’s PlayStation 3 has been on the market so long you’d think that production of the relatively ancient PS2 stopped some time ago. Well, that wasn’t true, but according to the Japanese PlayStation website, the PS2 has now officially been discontinued in the region. Japanese site Famitsu adds that shipments of the console have ended, so once the remaining stock has been depleted in Japan, there’ll be no replenishment. It’s a sad thought, but let’s remember the good times — the PS2’s various iterations have been entertaining gamers for 12 years, and with over 150 million units purchased worldwide it’s become the best selling console in history. We’re not sure if the PS2 is still shipping to other regions, but its retirement in Japan is probably the beginning of the end globally, so we’d recommend you pick one up now if you intend to explore that extensive back catalogue one day. The PS2 era may be drawing to a close, but its legacy will live on and it can now rub controllers with the other greats in console heaven — we still miss you, Dreamcast.

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Via: The Verge

Source: Sony PlayStation (Japanese), Famitsu (Japanese)