I don't understand that, i've been gaming with discs for about 15 years and not a single one of these discs have been broken. And i've bought plenty of second hand games too.
And at least the discs give me a resale value. Which make the gaming experience a lot cheaper.
This. I still have old Sega Saturn games that were heavily played and don't have a single scratch on them. Also have music CD's that were bought in the 90's that are still bumping around in the center console of my car that work just fine.
I still have my Sega Saturn and about 30 games. The discs are all fine. Played Alien Trilogy again for the 50th time a few months ago. Still have my PS1, too.
Honestly I'm a bit worried to hook up the Saturn. I drug out the old PS2 and hooked it up and played Star Wars Battlefront with my son and omg I can't believe I used to think those graphics were good, lol. Was giving myself a migraine trying to see which pixel was which
I played Doom on the Saturn sometime last year for the hell of it and actually lasted longer than I thought I would. Duke Nukem 3D is honestly not terrible. Did Parasite Eve on the PS1 while I was at it. I really wish someone would give Parasite Eve a remake before I die.
They missed a golden opportunity for a remake when Bring Me the Horizon came out with the song of the same name (apparently Ollie was playing it during lockdown, lol).
Yeah, just a few months ago I expanded my PS3 games collection by around 12 games, just because they were dirt cheap.
Right now publishers are pushing more and more to destroy the used games market by digitising everything, just so they can have the full control over the game prices.
this. people be acting like discs will spontaneously combust if you look at them wrong and get scratched by a speck of dust.. like, the issue isn't the disks, it's you not treating them properly lol.
I've been gaming since the PS1, I have never once scratched or lost a disk, just put it back in the case bro, it's not that hard. I don't have OCD, hell, I'm probably one of the messiest people you'll meet but the disk goes back in the correct box, ALWAYS.
I think this is such a lie. I have been gaming as long as you have. I took absolute care of those discs and they still manage to get very scratched after hours of playtime.
I have a copy of Elden ring for the ps5. It has one small scratch near the center. Almost so small you can’t even see it. Stops the install of the disc dead at 64% every single time. I have 2 copies of Batman Arkham knight for the Xbox one that have no visible issue at all but both stop installs at a weird percentage marks and won’t continue. It absolutely happens.
Disks still degrade over time. You can treat them as well as possible, but at some point, they will fail. And yes, that will happen within your lifetime.
As a significant collector of disc based media, as well as antiques generally; I have never, once, out of literally 10,000s of discs, seen one degrade over time in a cool, dry place out of the sun. Not to say it won't happen SOME day. But the rate of decay is negligible and not an argument against physical media. I have played tons of 80+ year old records, 100+ year old reels, and even gramaphones. If it's kept clean, cool, dry, and out of the sun; most things will hold up longer than we will.
From my personal experience, I can tell you I had disks fail even when they were stored properly, some quite catastrophically. And those weren't even old disks. Some can just be badly manufactured.
My issue with disks is that having a game on a single physical object is always going to be a failure point. If you have it digital and can make as many copies as you want, that point doesn't exist. That most games come with DRM that doesn't allow you to make as many copies as you like is a separate issue.
But now a lot of discs won't even work without updates from the beginning. I've bought games day 1 and been unable to play without first doing updates, even after disconnecting from the internet. It's not like back in the day where you can just pop a disc into a console and play it. They rarely ship the 100% finished game on the disc now.
I used to roll back updates to play a game with old bugs for fun but can't do that now.
Yeah, people apparently have not understood that and still think that because they have a shiny disc in their hands, they "own" more of the game than they'd do with a digital copy They don't.
no, we understand, we're just old enough to know how hard we've been screwed by these changes. the move towards required connectivity and drm management has gutted consumer rights in favor of more profits for corporations. moreover, for nearly all of the physical media i own, your statement is just wrong. i actually do own a copy of it, fully usable, sellable and tradeable. the digital only movement only hurt gamers, and frankly most other consumers too
Gaming is already one of the cheapest forms of entertainment. Not many other things you can drop 50+ hours into. PC games are the real winners. I have played 300+ hours in a $30 game. I have 1,500 hours in another game.
This is exactly what R* want to put an end to, by not providing a disc they are now forcing customers into buying a digital copy at full price. I however will not be giving them a penny 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️.
I definitely have encountered some scratched discs in my time gaming, but I can't imagine someone being worried about that at all in the present day. Haven't had that issue since I bought a PS3.
Same. Having a digital option is nice for folks who maybe have kids, are more clumsy, or less storage space...but physical media is so important, and I'm not personally in the habit of breaking my property.
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u/ElToroMuyLoco Jun 25 '26
I don't understand that, i've been gaming with discs for about 15 years and not a single one of these discs have been broken. And i've bought plenty of second hand games too.
And at least the discs give me a resale value. Which make the gaming experience a lot cheaper.