Sony: discontinued production of some PlayStation 4 models

As pointed out and translated during the past few hours by the Twitter detective Cheesemeister, a retailer has informed customers that he will no longer receive stock of five different models of PlayStation 4 “Due to the end of production by the manufacturer“. The models in question are PS4 500GB Glacier White, PS4 1TB Jet Black, PS4 1TB Glacier White, PS4 2TB Jet Black and PS4 Pro 1TB Glacier White. There have not yet been any official comments from PlayStation or similar notices from physical retailers in other regions. Indeed, last month the shop PlayStation Direct official of Sony briefly stated that it would no longer offer PlayStation 4 Pro consoles for sale, which led to speculation that the company may discontinue production of the model.

The US online store, which Sony launched in 2019 to sell hardware, software and accessories directly to its consumers, displayed the following message on its PS4 Pro product page at December: "There are currently no plans to restock this item in the future." Shortly after press coverage highlighting the statement, PlayStation Direct removed the message stating that it no longer plans to stock PS4 Pro in the future, although the console remains. not available.

Sony hasn't done any official announcement on plans to discontinue any PS4 model. However, considering the strong initial demand for the PlayStation 5 and the company's stated ambition to move players to the next-generation console "at a scale and pace we've never achieved before", it wouldn't be surprising if the company were to start phasing out the old system, even if it did. plans to support it with software updates for many more years. Note that the PS4 Pro has the same price as the entry-level PS5 Digital Edition, which is 100 euros less than the version with the disc player. Other than that, you might be interested in the games of the PlayStation Plus of the month of January, announced only a few days ago!

"Dear customers: due to the manufacturer ending production, the following products will not be restocked."
・ PS4 500GB Glacier White
・ PS4 1TB Jet Black
・ PS4 1TB Glacier White
・ PS4 2TB Jet Black
・ PS4 Pro 1TB Glacier White pic.twitter.com/nub3lxcJGX

- Cheesemeister (@ Cheesemeister3k) January 3, 2021