archer9234 said:
You're right on that stuff. But come on with the Discs dying stuff. Yes, if you have a console that has a defective lens. It breaks the disc. People aren't gonna keep that system. If you maintain basic care. Meaning no grabing the bottom, or leaving your disc out. Pressed discs can last 100 years. Burnt no. The layers fail over time. I have CD's that are 30+ years old now. I've ripped them to iTunes when needed. SDD aren't perfect. I've had some corrupt and had to reformat. Trust me, we'll reach that point of having to download 4TB of games again. You'll be cursing that moment. Not matter how fast your speed is. Not too long ago, I changed my PS4 HDD to 1TB. I had to reinstall all my games. I just have 5. Took only 30 mins, because I have discs. That would of taken 2 days of downloading. I honestly just want both sides, digital/phsyical to survive with each other. That's all. And me playing my systems when my net dies is better than getting competlly screwed. My net died 7 times within 4 hours this morning. And two time while typing this comment. That's the part I don't want to deal with. And also were my stuff can run. When I rip my own DVD/CD/BD I can put them on any device as so I please. At what Bitrate I want it at etc. I want that control rather then give it to companies. People will be totally screwed with region locking in a digital enviroment. Apple is a perfect example of some BS they can pull: I've had a screw up with my credit card once. Where they withdrew the money for a app. My CC haulted it. And I then owed Apple 5$. In return, I couldn't update apps or download anything. Till that was cleared. But my DVD's/CD/BD rips all worked fine since nothing was tied to my itunes account. This had happened while I was going to work. I would of been without any form of media for that day out. |
Oh, I don't mind having both discs and downloads, but publishers love digital sales, and that will be the format pushed the most down the road.
I personally have not had a drive need to be formatted, but it is different for everyone. What is undeniable, though, is that discs can break just as easily as drives, and if you keep an external drive with your games on it there is very little chance any data will ever be corrupted, probably less than a disc accidentally being dropped and scratched.
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