I thought they would've been discontinued years ago.

Oh yes, I love being able to store 3 photos and being able to use it on maybe 2 total computers in any given areas.  Totally more convenient than any USB flash drive that most any computer made within the last five years can use.

Again, I don't really see why they are still being made in the first place, they died long ago.  I guess some people use them to store 3 photos and others use them to update their BiOS but should we really support the people that don't know any better?

did the same

I am sprised they sold 12m still and that too only in japam.i though it was dead already.

I'm surprised it held out this long I mean you would need more than 500+ Floppys to match the space of CDR. Nowadays people usually carry usb drives anyway nobody ready uses CDR anymore.

But but...how will I play my Number Munchers! And Oregon Trail! And X-Wing?!

Damn you Sony!

I'm realizing now that the PC I'm currently using is the first of mine I built without installing on it the FDD removed from the previous. By the way that FDD is still the original one I had on my first 1997 PC (the only desktop of mine I bought prebuilt) and it's still working on the PC that I used until a few months ago and that my mom is using now. Recycling that good old slow mate made me save quite a few bucks along these years, so thank you and RIP.

No matter how you look at it, it is still sad sad news...

I remember the incredible amount of storage room with the appearance of the 3.5" disc. Oh my the possibilities!

@Twesterm : maybe they were stil being used in countries with a not so much developed computer market? Just like my old Toyota is now being used somewhere in Africa?

edit: ah i see it says domestic... well maybe in some outback corner of japan then?

Wow. It's about time. With flash storage getting cheaper and most computers being built these days without floppy drives it only makes sense. I would much rather have my 8GB flash drive than a 1.44 MB floppy.

Wait, it's not dead then. If Sony owned 70% of the market, there's still whoever was making the other 30%. And for whoever that is, they've probably got a lot of incentive to keep doing it now that they just ballooned to 100% of the market.

Farewell! :) you were awesome!!!!!