I’ve read both articles and they both seem to say they are stopping production of Blu-rays, plus three other formats.
We will end production of all models of Blu-ray Disc media, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes as of February 2025
It mentions that consumer recordable Blu-rays were already dropped last year.
Mid-last year, the Japanese multinational conglomerate revealed that it would stop production of consumer-grade recordable Blu-ray discs (BD-RE and BD-R)
Still, this might just mean that Sony will no longer make games distributed via disc. Sony does not have a Monopoly on making Blu-ray discs, and I do not believe they can unilaterally decide that no more will be made by others
Regardless, it is a sign of the times, with Blu-ray reader production being recently stopped by LG. It’s likely all downhill from here, as much as I am sad to say.
I will resist this as much as possible, as I like owning my media. If you give me no means to own my movies, then I will find other ways to acquire them.
Japan often continues to use tech beyond the point other developed countries consider it obsolete (their government only recently transitioned away from floppy discs). It wouldn’t surprise me if Sony was manufacturing the Mini- formats in small quantities for the Japanese market only.
Are you sure about that?
I’ve read both articles and they both seem to say they are stopping production of Blu-rays, plus three other formats.
It mentions that consumer recordable Blu-rays were already dropped last year.
Still, this might just mean that Sony will no longer make games distributed via disc. Sony does not have a Monopoly on making Blu-ray discs, and I do not believe they can unilaterally decide that no more will be made by others
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_optical_disc_manufacturers
Regardless, it is a sign of the times, with Blu-ray reader production being recently stopped by LG. It’s likely all downhill from here, as much as I am sad to say.
I will resist this as much as possible, as I like owning my media. If you give me no means to own my movies, then I will find other ways to acquire them.
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Here’s a more recent post that seems to contradict this:
https://infosec.pub/post/22823022
They were still making MiniDiscs and MiniDV tapes? That seems more of a surprise than the Blu-ray discontinuation.
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Japan often continues to use tech beyond the point other developed countries consider it obsolete (their government only recently transitioned away from floppy discs). It wouldn’t surprise me if Sony was manufacturing the Mini- formats in small quantities for the Japanese market only.