If something is evident, it is that the video game industry is decisively heading towards the total adaptation of the digital format. Emphasizing models without physical format readers and highlighting that digital games are being purchased more and more at the expense of physical ones, it seems like an inevitable step. Even if some of us are not exactly in favor of this kind of decisions. However, it seems that Sony is not so sure that this is the future of video games either.
The Japanese company has opened a factory in northern Brazil together with Solutions 2 GO to produce game discs and distribute them in the Brazil area and other points in Latin America. A surprising move, especially because its main competitor, Microsoft, has taken the opposite stance, focusing almost exclusively on the digital format.
Regarding this, Sony has clarified that they have made this decision because they want to continue expanding in the territories of the Latin American region. To achieve this, they have wanted to seek the greatest possible efficiency by moving their production to Brazil, having brought a specialized team from Japan for several weeks to train the local team. With this, they aim to strengthen the ties they already have with the local community, both in Brazil and in other Latin American countries.
This could well be an indication that Sony has no intention of abandoning the physical format in the short or medium term, as this kind of investment is not made unless it is part of a long-term strategic plan. Not to mention that they recently released a portable disc reader to connect it to the PlayStation 5 Slim, their version of the console without an included disc reader.
That is why it seems that, at least for now and on Sony platforms, the preservation of video games through physical format remains safe. Something we hope other companies also take note of, as the loss of diversity in the formats in which we can play is a loss for the industry.
