> "The transition is taking place at Sony's plant in Thalgau, Austria, the last remaining factory within the company still producing physical PlayStation game discs. According to Austrian broadcaster ORF Salzburg, the factory currently manufactures approximately 600,000 optical discs each day."> "Rather than closing the factory or reducing its workforce, Sony is investing in a large-scale conversion of its manufacturing operations. The company has committed approximately $30.1 million to install production lines dedicated to manufacturing precision optical microlenses. These components have applications across multiple industries, with automotive lighting identified as one of the first target markets. "https://www.guru3d.com/story/sony-already-repurposing-last-disc-manufacturing-facility-for-future-optical-technologies/
AAAAAAA CYBERLEEK SAVE ME!!
I'm switching to nintendo
>>746015239>No games, 30fps, 720p, wifi warriors everywhereNot even a real option.
>>746015310>he plays online vidya in 2026'tendo is the only one that allows you to own your games now, that's how fucking dire the industry is.
Alrdy removed my payment info. >Pulling codes for 3rd party store.>Gutting their subscriptions.>Removing licenses at will.>Shutting down physical because it was often the cheaper option.>pushing for higher prices while alrdy being the most expensive digital platform.>Filing a patent to ai scan your screen to put on ads and censor on the fly.There is 0 reason to give playstation any money ever again.
>>746015095Well that’s the way it goes. They don’t produce cassette tapes or floppy discs anymore either.
>>746015095I see. Then I'm gonna leak all PS5 games. Like... umm... hmm...
Good riddance. Latest physical games were a incomplete servers dependent fucking mess. Not to mention the lack of save files management tools.Only PC has the potential to have good physical media. Not possible right now because of memory prices tho.
>>746015378Game key cards?
>>746015378>allows you yeah that's an apt description ownership on consoles is just bragging about your licensed goods that are completely functionally inferior to pctheir sole benefit is being able to resell them, something only poor retards need to worry about when piracy exists
>>746016095>piracySpeaking of retarded poorfags
>>746016220nah, piracy is just for poorfagsreselling games is for retarded poorfags, you save less money and get a worse version of the game
>>746016060Marginally better than digital as they can be resold, but I still avoid them and any publisher that opted to use them.
>>746015095>sony move away from gaming>to go to fucking cars building>in europenot a single good decision. not ONE
oh nowho fucking cares
>>746015997I could care less about having more crap in my house taking up space... that's just materialism I don't care about. What I don't like is having no rights of ownership to my digital games.
>>746016470There is a high demand for optical equipment currently. Not just for cars, but also for all these new satellites, drones, rifle scopes - especially in europe. Probably more profitable than optical discs.
>>746016732what about blu ray movie producers? Surely the jews will never stop that right ?
>>746015239sony atleast save you the humiliation from buying plastic with a game code
>>746016962A game code is not a tradeable license that you own
>>746016962>>746017019Wait I'm retarded and thought you were alluding to the code in box copies of gta6. GKC's are tradeable licenses you own, a code in box is not. But I always buy full physical out of principle.
>>746016929As long as there is demand from customers, some facilities will likely remain. BR is by no means state of the art in optical archiving any longer and is a proprietary mess anyways. The good thing is that the most fragile parts of your BR drive is relatively easy to replace (That's NOT the laser, but the cheap SMD components on the mainboard) and can last you quite a while.
>>746017280What's state of the art archiving then? A server? lol
As a plastic case admirer this is sad news but I also think "the outrage" is performative. The few "gamers" I know certainly don't use discs."Yeah I know its $100 whereas its $25 on PSN but there is a super rare Korean copy I'm going to import it has English subtitles!" "Ownership!".I mean part of me is glad I won't even have the ability to be autistic anymore.
>>746015095>Torrent game>Burn zip on bluray>Now have permanent game copy on disc?????
>>746017489Usually involves using a laser to engrave some 2D surface or 3D volume. 2D: - piqlfilm - Cerabyte - Several (failed) BR successors ...3D/"5D":- Sphotonix's 5D Memory Crystals (using femtosecond lasers) - Microsoft Project Silicia - Several attempts using conventional green/blue laser diodes piqlfilm and Sphotonix actually take requests from non enterprise customers as well. But the writers and especially the readers usually require a whole optical lan.
>>746017705> writers and especially the readers Ohh, the other way around of course. There was originally HVD to replace BR... but BR sales overall were too low
>>746015997>a incompleteholy EOL
>>746017617>I won't even have the ability to be autistic anymore.I keep using optical, but only for archiving/ cold storage. WIth modern games, what you buy on the disc is a completely broken and barely usable beta version v0.8.22 of that game anyways, likely breaking on the next firmware update making it completely useless without internet connection on consoles.
>>746017617Discs were often cheaper when you needed a playstation game. It's not autistic to not pay inflated prices.
>>746016929>what about blu ray movie producers?Nobody except severe autists buy movies physically.That's why movie stores basically don't exist anymore, and why Sony stopped selling physical anime/manga on Crunchyroll. The audience for these things is so small that it doesn't justify physical production.
