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The physical media selection at Sony's Crunchyroll is even worse than fans feared after store update: all books removed and Blu-ray lineup gutted (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Isn't Sony one of the biggest manufactures of bluray disks in the entire world? Why the fuck are they scaling down their physical media production instead of trying to expand the monopoly, especially since Japan hasn't gotten over their physical media consumption? This seems like a really bad case of "line must go up".

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Sony stopped manufacturing bluray disks about 2 years ago. Apparently it was no longer profitable, or so they say

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Interesting, I had no idea, thanks for that. I know Blu-Rays cost around $1-2/disc to produce in bulk, and half of that money is for the DRM, which I think Sony gets back a portion of anyway because they helped develop it or something (I'm a bit murky on the logistics here). It just seems weird to be killing a portion of their business they pioneered and effectively control.

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