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Sony's Largest PlayStation Disc Plant is Reassigning Staff to Work on Micro Optics. (www.vgchartz.com)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Digital only media is here...

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[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 6 hours ago

Sucks to walk away from a company after 30 years of gaming with them but... Let's be real, the writing has been on the wall for a while, so much so that I didn't even bother buying this latest generation. I have footlockers full of systems and games but my PlayStation's had always been my favorite.

A little bittersweet, but maybe it was time.

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 47 points 22 hours ago

So sony executives can see their micropenises?

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 40 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

So, they're producing over 200 million discs a year, with 50% of that being for Playstation and 20% new orders currently, but want to kill that market? The projections of reduced disc production seem to be a clear result of Sony's decision to stop making games on physical media, not a dying market. I have to wonder if the problem is that the market isn't growing fast enough for Sony.

[–] devdoggy@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Sorry, I think Sony handed off its basic values to AI.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 21 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Sony is handing over its home entertainment hardware business over to TCL, meaning PlayStation would be their only product with an optical drive.

The market for optical disk manufacturing has contracted greatly, and DADC is down to one plant from around a dozen in 2010.

Disc authoring and duplication requires the game to go gold earlier, and this time allows for leaks and bad word of mouth.

There’s simply more money to be made with SAAS.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, that makes more sense. At least they're retraining the staff, but I have to wonder if they offered the factory as part of the sale to TCL (If they did, why did TCL decline? If not, why not, if they're now needing to retrain and repurpose the plant?)

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

No, DADC is not a part of the home entertainment business. And TCL wouldn’t have a use for it anyway. It’s a precision optical engineering business, and micro lenses use a similar manufacturing process to optical discs so transition is fairly straightforward and has been underway for a few years already.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 2 points 21 hours ago

Thanks for the explanation, much appreciated.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

There's also a positive environmental impact but I don't think they care about it.