In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .

Sony has placed the final nail in the Betamax coffin four decades after it launched the format. The electronics giant said it would no longer produce the cassettes in Japan, which is the last country where they are available. The decision is the final chapter in the 'format wars' between Betamax and VHS which took place in the 1970s and 80s until DVDs arrived. Even though Betamax was regarded as superior, VHS won because it was cheaper and the tapes lasted three hours instead of one. Sony launched Betamax in 1975, a year after the Video Home System - its rival by electronics company JVC.Japan is the last country where Sony Betamax tapes are availableBut the electronics giant is to cease production of the cassettesIt is the final chapter in the 'format wars' between Betamax and VHS
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