End of an era — the historic PlayStation factory that manufactured 24 billion gaming discs is already being turned into a micro-optics lab, just days after Sony announced its digital push

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Jul 3, 2026, 10:45 am142 pts
Sony is already repurposing its Austrian disc-making factory It's the only physical media plant of Sony's that's left Existing staff will be retained to work with micro optics We're still reeling from Sony's announcement earlier this week that it will stop releasing PlayStation games on physical discs from the…

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