Cerebralbore101 on 26 August 2024
Microtransactions.
As far as physical games go, the library of Congress did a study on how long your average disc will last. They concluded that 70% of discs would still be readable after 70 years. Switch game carts will last up to 20 years. Old game carts from before 2004 are borderline immortal.
People will try to say that modern discs are just download codes but doesitplay.org shows that plenty of single player games are perfectly playable on disc, with no Internet connection required. There may be some minor bugs here and there but most people never notice them. They are just as complete as old PS2 and GameCube games at launch.
