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Sony stops selling the aibo robot dog in Japan
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The ERS-1000 will disappear from Japanese shops once stock runs out. Support, parts and aibo's cloud memories will carry on.
Sony is ending sales of aibo, its robot dog, in Japan. The company said on 25 June that it will stop selling the current model, the ERS-1000, once existing stock is gone.
Technical support, replacement parts and the cloud subscription that stores each dog's memories will continue, Sony says.
A second goodbye
It's the second time aibo has bowed out. The first model launched in 1999, and Sony dropped the line in 2006. The ERS-1000 brought it back in 2018 and sold 20,000 units in its first six months. Across all models, Sony has sold more than 150,000 aibos.
When a robot leaves the shops, the used market becomes the only market.
In the US, aibo sells for more than US$3,000. Sony gave no reason for the decision in Japan.
