{"id":1043254,"date":"2026-09-04T17:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043254\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:10:20","slug":"sony-factory-will-still-have-significant-ps5-disc-manufacturing-capacity-after-physical-media-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043254\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Factory Will Still Have Significant PS5 Disc Manufacturing Capacity After Physical Media Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony<\/a> Image: Damien McFerran \/ Push Square<\/p>\n

An Austrian report<\/a> published alongside confirmation that Sony will cease manufacturing physical discs in January 2028 suggested it would cut its production capacity<\/a> to just 10%.<\/p>\n

The quote, attributable to Sony DADC\u2019s Dietmar Tanzer<\/a>, said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPlayStation currently accounts for approximately 50% of our volume, and of that, approximately 20% are new orders. We are talking about roughly 10% of the volume in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But follow-up reporting from journalist Brian Crecente\u2019s Game<\/a> substack reveals that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n

He contacted a Sony DADC spokesperson who clarified the language, providing a completely different picture of the manufacturer\u2019s plans:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo clarify and avoid any misleading information: in that statement Dietmar anticipated an overall product volume decline by 10%, not a decline down to 10%.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So actually, while the company is retraining to staff to facilitate microlens production, it\u2019s still going to have significant disc manufacturing capacity through 2028 \u2013 beyond the cutoff date.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that Sony\u2019s always said it will allow for re-orders<\/a> of games published before the deadline.<\/p>\n

While the spokesperson wouldn\u2019t comment on the company\u2019s plans for 2029 or beyond, I think it\u2019s probably safe to expect a steady downturn in disc manufacturing if PlayStation sticks to its plan.<\/p>\n

But this does dramatically change the situation: many had rightly assumed, with the Japanese giant repurposing its factory, that there was no chance of it backtracking.<\/p>\n

Now it seems it\u2019s committed to continuing making discs through 2028, with just a 10% downturn in product volume expected.<\/p>\n

This certainly gives the firm a little more runway to reconsider, and is an important distinction worth reporting on.<\/p>\n

[source game.substack.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Damien McFerran \/ Push Square An Austrian report published alongside confirmation that Sony will cease manufacturing physical…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1043255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[3195,19061,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1043254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-industry","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117213885085447709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}