Sony to "gradually" cease production of some optical disc products in Japan

[BluBonnet]

[EmberBlaine]

So this is it huh

[hedliniv]

and of course the only shot we have with the Three Stooges shorts they don't include them all!

[PUsokrJosh305]

This does not make sense. They just announced a partnership with Disney to make their discs.

[EmberBlaine]

I saw some people on Twitter saying that they're just outsourcing. I really hope so. My heart can't take news like this every few months.

[Vilya]

Maybe it just means that Sony will no longer make blank BD-R discs for consumer use, such as these:

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Maybe it just means that Sony will no longer make blank BD-R discs for consumer use, such as these:

They are. Thhread should be moved to the technology section as it has nothing to do with Bu-ray films releases.

[Tylerfan]

Aren’t they just talking about BD-Rs

[Richard--W]

Oh hell.

[Yautja_Warrior]

Think eventually it will just be the smaller boutique labels offering physical media to the remaining people who still buy discs, thankfully many of them do a better job than the big studios, but it is sad to see this happening, as Sony still make fantastic Blu-ray / 4k UHD discs.

Edit - Ok so it seems to be about BD-R discs for now......

[EmberBlaine]

https://x.com/JonDoyleDesign/status/1807102685998362788

This seems a bit reassuring. Makes sense, too.

[Vilya]

I'm going back to sleep now.

[benricci]

This has nothing to do with commercially pressed Blu-ray Discs. Everyone calm down.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by benricci

This has nothing to do with commercially pressed Blu-ray Discs. Everyone calm down.

Yup, this is about recordable media storage, not physical media itself. And it makes sense, like who even buys blank discs these days.

[dmwc]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

Yup, this is about recordable media storage, not physical media itself. And it makes sense, like who even buys blank discs these days.

Well, I do. I don't want to side track the discussion, especially since I mostly lurk here, but I use blank discs quite a bit for video production purposes...selling completed videos on BD-R, archiving raw footage, etc. There are many disc duplication services that would buy and use blank discs as well. Replication plants won't do small runs of very, very niche discs that might only sell 200 copies.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by dmwc

Well, I do. I don't want to side track the discussion, especially since I mostly lurk here, but I use blank discs quite a bit for video production purposes...selling completed videos on BD-R, archiving raw footage, etc. There are many disc duplication services that would buy and use blank discs as well. Replication plants won't do small runs of very, very niche discs that might only sell 200 copies.

Obviously, if that's part of your job or a hobby, but I was referring in general to your average person.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

Yup, this is about recordable media storage, not physical media itself. And it makes sense, like who even buys blank discs these days.

I would get CD-R if they weren't so expensive now, because I don't trust a computer and digital store to be around forever lol

Wonder how this will effect BD-R MODs though. Maybe they just will stop and press them from now on lol

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Wonder how this will effect BD-R MODs though. Maybe they just will stop and press them from now on lol

How many times does this have to be said:

This will not change or affect the US market, it is only for Japan.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

How many times does this have to be said:

This will not change or affect the US market, it is only for Japan.

Thank you people need to stop making fear mongering threads they're annoying and basically click bait I hope this thread gets locked.

[Deadend45]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

How many times does this have to be said:

Going by the posts after your post you will have to be posting it for an eternity.

Resellers luv the hysteria over this false alarm however.