Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25717617/247361_PS5_Pro_VPavic_224.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sony <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/973621/sony-playstation-ending-discs-pushing-forward">isn't backing away</a> from its decision to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/960212/sony-playstation-killing-discs-digital-preservation">kill the video game disc</a> in January 2028. But Sony isn't shutting down production as quickly as we thought, either. Two months after reports that <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/961203/sony-austria-thalgau-end-disc-production-microlenses-instead">Sony's last discmaking plant was already being repurposed</a>, the company's discmaking division now says that one widely reported detail was wrong.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Originally, it sounded like the division's president said the Thalgau plant would produce 90 percent fewer discs in 2028 - but the reality is it will only produce 10 percent fewer discs in 2028, an unnamed Sony DADC spokesperson <a href="https://game.substack.com/p/sonys-playstation-disc-plant-is-losing">told <em>Game</em> journalist Brian Crecente</a>. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"To clarify and avoid any misleading informa …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/991806/sony-disc-plant-90-percent-10-percent">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>