Sony is starting the process of winding down the PS3. The Japanese company is discontinuing the "old" console in New Zealand from here on in.
"SCENZ will not be shipping anymore PlayStation 3 consoles to its retailers," the company confirmed to local gaming website ThoseGamers.
The platform will still be available in retail outlets and will still be supported with "peripherals, great new releases and back catalogue software", Sony New Zealand underlined.
There's no word yet from Sony on what will happen in other markets, but it's inevitable that the PS3 will stop being restocked in this part of the world at some point in the future.
But it's had a good innings; the PS3 launched in US and Japan in November 2006, before arriving in the Europe and Australia in March 2007.