BraLoD said:
Some Blu-rays are sadly suffering from disc rot already, it doesn't look like they last as long as CDs or DVDs, but the ones failing now are most likely either due to temperature/humidity conditions and bad printing process, either way, I don't think Blu-rays will last as long as 100 years. They are listed to last about half of a CD/DVD, so around 50 years if stored properly. There is also some strange reports about PS3 Blu-rays that look pristine being refused to be read by the PS3 since some time now, I also read they could still back it up on some programs without a problem so not likely disc rot, so I dunno what is happening to some PS3 Blu-rays discs, maybe some games batches got inferior printing quality and are suffering faster than they should when put against an also aging PS3 laser. There is a conspiracy theory that some PS3 updates where making the PS3 unnable to read certain game discs, because the reports of some games having problems are bigger than others, but as other people copies can still be read by their PS3s that is just indeed conspiracy theory, as it would affect basically everyone with those games, which is not the case. Anyway, I should really think about backing up all my games, specially the PS3 ones. |
My PS3 stopped reading my Gran Turismo 6 disc, and I think eventually it started having issues with other discs as well. When it was only the GT6 disc, I think rotating the console to some weird situation until it could read enough of the disc to start the game worked as a workaround. Anyway, if I recall correctly, GT6 used a dual-layer disc, so I'm guessing it's harder to read for disc drives. I'm guessing hence you might first have issues with only some games, and as time passes, you might encounter issues with other games as well. To no surprise, as soon as I replaced the disc drive lens, all discs could be read successfully again.
tl;dr: It's probably a disc drive issue.
