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Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

The video game disc is dead, and Sony's been planning to kill it for some time, according to a report out of Austria.

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Sony's decision to repurpose its disc factory in Austria reflects the company's shift away from physical game media. The Thalgau plant, which currently produces 300,000 PlayStation discs daily, will transition to manufacturing microlenses instead. This change underscores the decline of disc-based game distribution. The implications of this shift are not explicitly stated, but it suggests a continued move towards digital game distribution.

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