Japanese multinational company Sony has announced that it is pulling the plug of its PlayStation TV service in Japan. The device, also known as PlayStation Vita TV, was launched in 2013. Sony said that it will cease shipping the hardware by the end of February. It is still unknown whether Sony will halt the shipment of the microconsole in regions outside of Japan.

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In a statement, a Sony spokesperson said, "PS TV shipments were terminated at the end of 2015 in SCEA [Sony Computer Entertainment America] and SCEE [Sony Computer Entertainment Europe]. Shipment is still continuing in SCEAsia (as of the end of February 2016), and we have nothing to announce regarding the timing of termination."

Sony claims that despite the features offered by the PlayStation TV microconsole, it did not perform well in terms of sales in its native home of Japan. The microconsole was originally designed for users to play games on their home console. It later supported PS Vita and PlayStation 4.

At the time of this writing, only the official Japanese website of PlayStation Vita TV has confirmed that the microconsole will no longer be shipped. The official PlayStation page does not mention anything about the news.

Sony has not comment on whether it plans to pull the PlayStation TV microconsole in the US or Europe. Although, some market analysts are predicting that Sony will soon pull the product off the shelves since it has been a flop in the aforementioned regions as well.

Despite massive price cuts, which dropped the price of the PlayStation TV to as low as $50, the device still fails to attract consumers. Sony recently released a bundle of the PlayStation Vita TV that includes a Dual Shock 3 controller, an 8GB memory card, a USB cable, an HDMI cable and a copy of "The Lego Movie Videogame" for only $139.

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