Smasandian
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Digital gaming is the major reason why PC gaming has flourished in the last 10-15 years. Indie developers are able to make interesting games (or not as interesting)....and sell them on digital platforms. This rarely ever happened before Steam and other platforms came to be.
Console less so....but most indie/small/medium developers and publishers exist because of digital sales.
Jun 20th, 2022 01:26 AM
S_W_LeGenD
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Good observation.
Jun 20th, 2022 12:59 PM
Jmanghan
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Disc rot is becoming more serious, it seems to be inevitable on most discs.
Happened to several of my "The Office" discs, and my Ghibli collection, both are DVDs.
However rot seems to affect UMDs, Blu-Rays, and CDs as well, be careful. This is a serious point against physical media.
However cartridges should all last like 100+ years assuming they aren't treated poorly by ANY of their owners.
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Jul 5th, 2022 10:20 PM
Kazenji
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Jmanghan
However cartridges should all last like 100+ years assuming they aren't treated poorly by ANY of their owners.
Same sorta deal with Discs too, Depends on how you look after them.
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Jul 6th, 2022 02:38 AM
Jmanghan
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Kazenji
Same sorta deal with Discs too, Depends on how you look after them.
I took really good care of my brand new, plastic-wrapped (at the time) Ghibli collection that I hardly ever actually watched and it still succumbed to Disc Rot. The Office DVD's were kept in a nice, cool place, with Season 7 barely being touched.
Disc rot is a natural occurence of the chemicals in the disc being exposed to Oxygen among other things, and all discs will rot sooner or later.
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Jul 6th, 2022 07:38 AM
Nemesis X
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I've had games like Dead Rising since 2006. Not to mention all the used PS1/2 discs I've found that still work to this very day.
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Jul 6th, 2022 11:29 PM
Jmanghan
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Nemesis X
I've had games like Dead Rising since 2006. Not to mention all the used PS1/2 discs I've found that still work to this very day.
Oh no doubt, but check them in another 20 years and see how they work, if you still have them.
Some might expire quicker, others might take a century, but stuff like for example UMD's, LaserDiscs, etc, none of those will work 100-130 years from now.
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Jul 7th, 2022 03:19 AM
Nemesis X
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Jmanghan
Oh no doubt, but check them in another 20 years and see how they work, if you still have them.
Some might expire quicker, others might take a century, but stuff like for example UMD's, LaserDiscs, etc, none of those will work 100-130 years from now.
https://twitter.com/flatpanels/stat...W-2v2UIJJvH4QtQ
Better risking disc rot than putting up with that.
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Jul 8th, 2022 01:42 AM
Kazenji
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I've never purchased a movie off the PSN store, If i do buy movies its always physical media.
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Jul 8th, 2022 06:12 AM
Smasandian
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I would agree. I don't buy movies digitally.
Though I generally do not buy movies anymore......
Jul 8th, 2022 11:28 AM
Kazenji
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Smasandian
I would agree. I don't buy movies digitally.
Though I generally do not buy movies anymore......
I normally buy the films that i really liked.
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Jul 9th, 2022 04:16 AM
Jmanghan
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This is a me problem buuut... phones are now required to log into the older PS stores: https://www.playstationlifestyle.ne...ation-disabled/
Let's be generous and say that only 20,000 people in the world where phones are readily available don't actually use phones and still use their PS3, PSP, and PS Vita.
You can't access your purchased games.
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Jul 15th, 2022 07:34 PM
NewGuy01
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So with just one brilliant stroke, Sony has gotten 20,000 subterraneans to go outside for the first time in fifteen years. Amazin'.
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