PC peripheral manufacturer Buffalo (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) announced that it would continue selling its Blu-ray Disc drives for a while because it had been able to “procure additional materials,” after having previously announced that sales of the drives would end in July.
The company said that sales will be limited to remaining stock once production using the additional materials ends, and that there is no change in its plans to discontinue sales in the medium to long term.
From the news release
The products in question are the external PC drive “BRXLPT6U3E series” (27,830 yen and up), the “BRXLPTV63B series” (25,630 yen and up), and the “BRXLPTWOU3 series” (29,040 yen).
From July, prices have been raised by 33.3% to 51.3% compared with previous levels. This is reportedly due to the impact of rising costs associated with the “global shortage of semiconductors, soaring raw material prices, and other factors.”
