LISTEN: Sony Retraining Factory Workers After Killing PlayStation Discs
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Sony is transitioning to end physical game disc production for PlayStation consoles by January 2028, impacting factory operations in Austria.
Sony earlier this month announced plans to end physical game disc production for all new games released on PlayStation consoles beginning January 2028. The consumer electronics giant has already started the transition. According to an ORF Salzburg report spotted by The Verge, Sony’s disc plant outside of Salzburg, Austria currently makes 600,000 discs every day. But that figure will soon drop significantly. Dietmar Tanzer, head of Sony’s Digital Audio Disc Corporation, said PlayStation discs ...
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