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

PlayStation 5.

• 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 start of 2028 — and now there's news that Sony's last remaining physical media factory is already being repurposed.