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Around that time, the Wii mini and the Nintendo DSi were also discontinued, spelling the final end of the Wii, DS and by extension, the seventh generation. The following year, Sony announced that it would soon discontinue its PlayStation 3 line in Japan, and eventually in the rest of the world within a matter of months. Microsoft also announced in 2016 that they would discontinue, but continue to support, the Xbox 360 at the end of April that year, making it the first seventh-generation console to cease production altogether. Shortly afterwards, Sony announced that they had discontinued the production of the PlayStation Portable worldwide that year, following an earlier announcement from Nintendo that it had discontinued its original line of the Nintendo DS family devices to move onto the, while continuing to support the Nintendo DSi. The generation slowly began to wind down when Nintendo began cutting back on Wii production in the early 2010s by discontinuing the original Wii model within the Western world in 2011, discontinuing the system altogether in Japan in October 2013 and ceasing production of its Family Edition around the same time, leaving the Wii mini as its only surviving variant by 2014.
Additionally, microconsoles like, and even more powerful PC-based consoles are attempting to compete in the game console market however, even though some of these machines are theoretically powerful on paper, they are seldom referred to as 'seventh generation' consoles. The business was wound down due to financial problems and sold to Razer discontinued the Ouya in July 2015. Post-launch sales were poor, and the device was a commercial failure. A console, the, received $8.5 million in pre-orders, launching in 2013.
Despite high sales numbers for both consoles, PlayStation Portable sales have consistently lagged behind those of the Nintendo DS nevertheless, the PlayStation Portable has the distinction of being the best-selling non-Nintendo handheld gaming system.
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