Sony Repurposes Austrian Disc Factory for Microlens Production as Physical PlayStation Discs Phase Out by 2028
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Sony is restructuring its disc manufacturing facility in Austria (run by Sony DADC) to pivot from producing physical PlayStation discs to manufacturing microlenses, following the announcement that Sony will end physical disc production by January 2028. CEO Dietmar Tanzer confirmed the factory is being repurposed and its 300 employees retrained, noting this shift had been planned well before the July 1st announcement.
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kotakuSony Repurposes Austrian Disc Factory for Microlens Production as Physical PlayStation Discs Phase Out by 2028kotaku.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledAccording to Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation's (DADC) CEO, the PlayStation owner is already hard at work repurposing and restructuring at least one of its disc manufacturing facilities in Austria
Sony is set to end the production of both first-party and third-party physical PlayStation discs by January, 2028
According to Tanzer, Sony is already repurposing the factory and retraining the 300 employee
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