@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agoSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1541
arrow-up1541external-linkSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jp@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•11 months agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•edit-211 months agoThey do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoIf they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
They do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
Why are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
If they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
mega-discs