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| dreama1:
Do scratches on a disc actually effect gameplay? or is it just a myth? |
| turom:
They can prevent the disc from booting or make your game crash on a specific section of the game. They can also make your console having a hard time to stream content like music or textures, causing FPS drop in bad cases. I have only witnessed this on 5th generation consoles though when I found used discs in bad shape. |
| burningdoom:
Is this a serious question? Of course. You haven't ever had a game's framerate start skipping around or freeze altogether? |
| atarileaf:
I guess it depends on the severity of the scratch. Many discs have shallow or superficial scratches which won't affect gameplay but if the scratch is deep it could very well be unreadable. |
| badATchaos:
If a scratch is deep enough to damage the binary inscribed on the aluminum (or other medium depending on the disc format) information could be lost or corrupted to the point that the game system can't understand it anymore; thus causing errors. |
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