Why is Oppo stopping products.

You're responding to a thread that's been dead for over four years.
It could be that.

Good point @elizabeth as it may well be a combination of the two with the article's point being the main one (since this was decided some time ago) and yours a contributing factor. Anyone over there can simply buy up and take over the very same product and continue making them under a different name.

The more astute here will ferret out who's making them next.

All the best,
Nonoise

Here's an article that kind of sums it up: Universal Disk Players.

Check the older threads for all the speculation.
On an aside, I signed up for notification for the next, and last batch of OPPO 203s to arrive, and when the email came, I waited until the next day to buy one and they were sold out.
Oh well.

All the best,
Nonoise