Initially, it sounded just like the division’s president mentioned the Thalgau plant would produce 90 % fewer discs in 2028 — however the actuality is it should solely produce 10 % fewer discs in 2028, an unnamed Sony DADC spokesperson advised Sport journalist Brian Crecente.
“To make clear and keep away from any deceptive info: in that assertion Dietmar anticipated an general product quantity decline by 10 %, not a decline right down to 10 %,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Sony DADC didn’t reply to The Verge’s fact-check request, together with our query about whether or not the division continues to be restructuring and retraining each single one of many plant’s 300 staff to work on microlenses as an alternative of discs, as ORF Austria reported in July. It wouldn’t inform Crecente any extra particulars, both.
One purpose that the discmaking plant would possibly take longer to transition: Even when Sony gained’t produce brand-new video games on disc after the January 2028 cutoff, the corporate will proceed to let publishers “place re-orders for present PlayStation disc video games.”
Most not too long ago, Sony made the breathtakingly blunt authorized argument that “cheap shoppers” couldn’t presumably consider they personal a recreation after they purchase it — as a result of if they really owned a recreation, how may a number of copies exist at a time?
