sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Isn’t Sony one of the biggest manufactures of bluray disks in the entire world? Why the fuck are they scaling down their physical media production instead of trying to expand the monopoly, especially since Japan hasn’t gotten over their physical media consumption? This seems like a really bad case of “line must go up”.
deus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sony stopped manufacturing bluray disks about 2 years ago. Apparently it was no longer profitable, or so they say
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 days ago
I do not believe that. I do believe they compared it to digital production and decided “why have costs at all?”
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
“we don’t pay depreciation on lawyers”
-taps head
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Interesting, I had no idea, thanks for that. I know Blu-Rays cost around $1-2/disc to produce in bulk, and half of that money is for the DRM, which I think Sony gets back a portion of anyway because they helped develop it or something (I’m a bit murky on the logistics here). It just seems weird to be killing a portion of their business they pioneered and effectively control.