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[Virex]

Disc rot probably.

the physical versions people are fighting for now contain unfinished games, some assets or just a key, gone are the days when games shipped complete.

My Depeche Mode cds from the 80s all still work perfectly fine

 

[MasterDerico]

Im more worried about my digital library than my huge discs/cartridge collection...

I still buy discs even on ps5. And i will never stop.
I only buy digital games that i don't like THAT much, always online or those that wasn't released on disc.

If they fucked us with cmos, and derivated issues to play discs, well, hackers will find a way to jailbreak and play the discs, i can't say the same about the digitals, its all about preservation in this case.

Digital = Play and discard...(Majority, rare cases like me that REALLY CARES about digital too)

Discs = True Videogames passion!

 

[Duellist]

I hate this digital shit and I hate being forced into it in some cases. Not being able to buy Baldurs Gate 3 on disk and fucking Diablo 4 shipping physical copies with a fucking download code inside pisses me off. I don’t mind getting smaller games and indies digitally but big time games? Fuck that

 

[RoadHazard]

They will become useless. That's really the one downside I see with physical games, that once consoles stop supporting them your library is stuck on an older console. Of course, they could also decide to go with a very different architecture that's not compatible (like they did from PS3 to PS4), and in that case it won't matter anyway.

 

[Madserb2023]

It is not unavoidable. The market will dictate it. If people stopped buying digital then that would be it. We are causing this.

 

[K' Dash]

My Depeche Mode cds from the 80s all still work perfectly fine

I thought we were talking about games, my music CDs aren’t going anywhere.

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Doom Eternal this is not.

 

[Virex]

I thought we were talking about games, my music CDs aren’t going anywhere.

He was talking about disc rot. And I simply said my Depeche Mode cds from the 80s are still working perfectly fine. So are all my boxes pc games and PS1 and Saturn games. They haven't rotted away

 

[K' Dash]

He was talking about disc rot. And I simply said my Depeche Mode cds from the 80s are still working perfectly fine. So are all my boxes pc games and PS1 and Saturn games. They haven't rotted away

it will happen, disc rot is inevitable as far as I know.

 

[TheGreatMusashi]

Between disk rot and not actually owning the games but licensing them, I found there’s no reason to have a physical collection of recent games.

I’m sticking with carts and hue cards. I’ll let the awesome game archivists take care of preservation.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

step 1. keep the game
step 2. keep the console
step 3. play the game

all there's ever been to it.