Sony Will no Longer Accept New Registrations for the PS Vita Warranty Extension in Japan after March 31, 2021
PlayStation Vita owners will have until March 31st, 2021, to request a warranty extension from Sony.
The news was announced on Sony’s official Twitter account, Ask PlayStation JP, and they have said that after the given date they will not accept new registrations. The current warranty covers the original console, battery, USB cable, and electric charger. If your memory card, SIM card, and/or internal earphone set happens to break, the warranty will not cover it.
2021年3月31日をもちまして、PlayStation®Vita延長保証サービスの新規加入申し込み受付を終了いたします。加入条件など詳細はこちらをご確認ください⇒https://t.co/wzRdSLxQXB pic.twitter.com/8d9Y7Ne3Kr
— Ask PlayStation JP (@AskPS_JP) March 22, 2021
It is sad to see a console that marked our childhood go, but it was launched back in December 2011, and technology is a million steps ahead now. Sony has begun to gradually push the console out by removing pre-PS4 games from the PS Store, and certain problems with the Store have appeared in December 2020.