BiohazardX95
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My ps1 is from 2001 and most of the disks work perfectly, I haven't noticed any rot.
You (and all the people hoarding physical games) are in for a surprise. It’s not a matter of if, but when.I can't day this makes any sense every game I've ever owned has been kept indoors the whole time and the discs are spotless.
I don't see how this can be a thing unless discs are stored in hot places like garages.
Hope you’re right. Sounds insane if 20 years in ideal storage conditions is the limit. 20 years is nothing really.That read like some commie bullshit scare tactic propaganda to get you to buy digitally and not own your games. Disc rot is a thing but most of the time it will take 50 years+ I've never expiereced it on any pressed disc be it CD, DVD or Blu-Ray. Heck I never even experienced it on CD-Rs and DVD-Rs and I've had some for over 20 years.
Disc rot is very visible on the discs so if your disc look normal, then I wouldn't worry too much.Hope you’re right. Sounds insane if 20 years in ideal storage conditions is the limit. 20 years is nothing really.
But this could be a wake up call to start ripping discs. Then you can access them through emulators at least. I’ve done it for Amiga floppies. Not sure how much safer they are on hard drives but you can always spread out to multiple drives and cloud storage.
I have them in boxes so no idea how they look tbh. I ripped a couple PS1 games for use in Retroarch awhile back so I know those CDs work fine at least. But it sounds like Blu-rays are the first to go, so that would mean PS3 and 360. No idea how they are, especially PS3 discs haven’t been touched since I bought the PS4 over a decade ago.Disc rot is very visible on the discs so if your disc look normal, then I wouldn't worry too much.
This thread isn't about crappy discs though. It's about all discs. The article is trying to say all physical game discs are rotting away toward becoming unplayable in a few decades.VHS tapes last longer than discs, especially crappy discs like this thread is about.
That last bullet lolThat’s why I collect books
* Will last until at least my death
* Not reliant on technology to access
* Thieves can’t read
Did Vivid entertainment replace your 'special' dvds?I had a huge dvd collection, when I realised I wasted many hours of my life and wanted to reclaim the entire room they filled I found out that about half of them were suffering from disc rot.
Years ago I heard HD DVD discs had this issue. I was a collector back then. Not one of my discs have suffered disc rot. And now this. I checked a lot of my discs the other day, from Dreamcast to 360 and onwards and found no issues. I wonder how common this really is. It eventually happens to ALL they say? What about music CDs?I have a ps1 ps2,ps3,dreamcast,xbox,xbox 360 collection and all of them work perfectly.![]()
I do store them well but this is just scaremongering..
Never heard of a single person in my life who has has disc rot.
Not saying it doesn't happen at all but meh.
I can't remember the VHS documentary, maybe Rewind This or that Blockbuster one, but they stated something like VHS tapes decay 10% every 25 years. if that is accurate, VHS gives optical a media a run for its money, at the very least.This thread isn't about crappy discs though. It's about all discs. The article is trying to say all physical game discs are rotting away toward becoming unplayable in a few decades.
The facts just don't support that. Even the other article this article used to suggest that pressed Bluray discs have a 20 year lifespan under ideal conditions didn't say that at all. It said "at least 20 years". The general consensus is that modern pressed optical media will last a century.
VHS tapes, no matter how well they were manufactured, suffer signal loss over time. Magnetic decay is an unavoidable aspect of the format. Against magnetic media, the Earth always wins.
Optical media doesn't have that problem.
Can't play books, though!That’s why I collect books
* Will last until at least my death
* Not reliant on technology to access
* Thieves can’t read
The article is talking about audio CD not blu-ray.This article is stupid - here´s the proof:
https://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists/projects/cd_longevity.html
Quote:
"Statistical analysis of the EOL data obtained at accelerated conditions showed that ~ 70% of discs in the test population had an estimated longevity exceeding 100 years.
The data indicated that ~ 4% of the discs would reach EOL within 10 years."
That's a rude thing to call your male prostituteI'm just renting this meat sack, so it just makes sense to rent my games also.
Okay, now I'm curiousI have floppies from 90s that I still use daily that work perfectly.
Okay, now I'm curious![]()
yeah. I had hard drives dying like flies in early 2000sI had more hard drives fail in my life than any disc media (which is 0 due to "disc rot").
This is awesome dude !
I have a sony Mavica collection. I take tons of photos with 90s digicams and Sony Mavica is my fav type to collect.
These use floppies!
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Cartridges were the way, all along.
Nintendo:
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Problem is you typically won't know if something had a quality production until years later when it doesn't work anymore.Lesson here: quality production talks