Do you worry that disc based retro systems won't work in the future?

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sworddude:
I do agree about the discs, disc rot quite a rarity and if it happens it is mostly with pretty bad condition discs.

I have only seen a few cases of disc rot with pretty bad condition discs to be fair.

Than again I guess since many people also pick up pretty bad condition discs when they are cheap than yes you will find some but those discs were not treated well to begin with so not a fair comparison.

If a very nice looking disc has disc rot it has probably been stored very poorly wich again since discs are durable even than it will not happen to fast. Disc rot is Not an easy find really I don't worry about that to much. I'm pretty sure even the older discs will last for quite a long time 100 years It's pretty possible.

burningdoom:
From what I've read, early CD pressings weren't as high-quality because the process wasn't as refined yet. And a lot of the early years of CDs are more prone to disc rot.

But that was the mid-to-late 80s. By the time disc-based consoles came around, the process was pretty well developed.

kamikazekeeg:
Nothing to worry about, it's gonna happen, but it's not a particularly huge issue. Won't stop people collecting, but likely the only way to play stuff will be through digital means or if people make new systems that can play them. No real reason to worry about it at this point though.

telly:
For what it's worth, I have two CDs from 88 and 89 that still play just fine. But that's just an n of 2 haha

turf:
I'm just hoping I die before these games do. That way my kid has to fool with all this stuff if it's trash! ;D

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