Blu Ray turns 20

[BraLoD]

Crazy it's still around.

Mid PS3 gen a new disc format called HVD but never came out.

Back when the PS4 was about to be announced I was expecting a new disc based tech to replace blu-ray, Sony pre announced a new disc format that would hold 300gb, but then only a bit after the PS4 was out Sony fully announced it as the Archival Disc, but it was delayed and not suitable to mass production due to its cost, it was aimed at datacenters. PS5 came and again, blu-ray it was.

And here we are, blu-ray has more layers and more space and it lasted 20 years.

Sony has now stopped selling blank blu-rays but movies and mostly Playstation is still keeping it strong. Even so, will it still be in the PS6? If they want to phase it out it would be a good time to do so, but then what, which kind of physical media would they pick?

Would they even spend that much money to help develop another new disc format when physical is being less and less relevant everyday?

If possible they can add another to the blu-ray and make it bigger again, so it will last even longer, or just ship bigger games on 2 discs like they already do now.

Either way, it's crazy to think how old it already is and how it's still here without a successor.