That’s just about DVD-Rs and BD-Rs. Even if they were stopping production altogether, Sony already gutted their internal capacity and have been relying more on third parties. With all the deals they’ve signed to support other labels/studios, they’re still in this for a while to come.
Wondering if we’ll get another format war at some point or if people will just accept streaming and owning nothing
I don’t understand your comment. Is this article suggesting no one will release their films on blu-ray?
Per the article it is saying that they will eventually cease production of them altogether. Sony owns the rights to Blu Ray so any company wanting to put their art onto it is out of luck once they stop making them altogether.
Did a quick search:
https://us.blu-raydisc.com/about-us/ https://www.one-blue.com/licensors/ https://www.one-blue.com/licensees/
Looks like we’ll still be fine minus new Columbia Pictures UHD releases.
Interesting move.
I’m still buying DVDs. But once there’s no way to actually buy media, that makes it abandonware, for those of us collecting physical media.
I’m sure the sketchy Chinese site that’ll start selling me media mega bundles on USB is absolutely licensing that stuff correctly, though.