There's just something about it. Sometimes I will buy modern ports also, but there's something about having the item in hand to hold, covet, think about, look at, play with that original experience, whatever it may be at that time.
Have you or the sellers been storing these games in sleeves? I had this happen to many audio CDs due to being stored in a CD wallet.So after years of procuring a few select Wii U games from flea markets and thrift stores, I finally made the leap and got me a Wii U for Father's Day. I cannot put into words the disappointment I have felt since yesterday afternoon. Nintendoland, Super Smash, Mario Maker, Super Mario U all appear to be in good to excellent condition, but give me a "invalid disc" notification when inserted into the console.
So of course something is wrong with the Wii U... right? I thought so and I contacted the seller. He was gracious enough to allow me to exchange.... same behavior. I found it odd that both these Wii U's would read all my 'Wii" games and Hyrule Warrior Wii U, so I dug a little deeper. It appears that Wii U disc's suffer from accelerated disc rot. When you hold these disc's up to a bright light, you can numerous "pin holes" of light that pass through. Every disc I own (besides Hyrule Warriors) exhibits this defect.
I have come across a competing explanation that states these are manufacturing defects, but it does not seem probable that 4 out of 5 discs would have a defect of this nature. It greatly lowers my confidence that my disc based game collection will age with me gracefully through the years and has greatly motivated me to procure digital backups of my library. Has anyone else had this issue? I have disassembled and cleaned my lens with no beneficial effects, has anyone else solved this problem for themselves? Is this our physical future?
They are all in original boxes. You can find many stories of Wii U disc owners reporting this issue while claiming their discs have been sitting on a shelf in original packaging. You also see many Wii U owners complain that their disc reader is bad. One can extrapolate and assume that many of these users may be dealing with bad discs and assuming (incorrectly) that it is their disc reader (this is what happened to me as I described in my original post.)
For Wii U disc's specifically, it seems as if it is the materials chosen by Nintendo. Either a corner was cut or a novel material was used without the foresight/knowledge that it wouldn't hold up over time.
I have 12 games and four had a tiny pinhole on the inner section that doesn't have data on it. Last time I launched them all, they all worked. If they turn out bad I guess I'll just mod the console.
it's a PC game. if you cant get around it, maybe stick to consoles.
Like a lot of people I got tons of music CDs going back to the early/mid 90s. I wonder how many still work. lol
Ummmm.... I don't think that is allowed
That stuff is in digital content too. And then there's just cracks to fix the rest of it. Red Alert 3 on PC was one you couldn't get around back in the day and now it's fine. I also have game discs from early 90s and work just fine.
My Steam library has been infinitely more accessible and useable 20 years on than any physical game has been.
The idea that physical is superior to digital, in accessibility, is rooted purely in "feelings" and not objective truth. In 100 years, people will still have access to digital copies of every NES game ever created. True preservation is digital preservation.
