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Wman1996 1 day ago
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Zippy6 said:

Early Physical games will one day start failing enmass. Probably early optical games first.

I just picked up GT1 for PS1 and that's working just fine. I have PC games from the 90s also. By the 2040s though we might start having a problem.

PlayStation needs a disc to digital program (like the rumored one Xbox is coming out with) for emulated PS1/PS2/PSP/PS3 games to get added to your account from physical copies. 
Obviously, I know it would not support games that don't have emulated versions available on PS4 and PS5. 

Pretty sure a lot of PS1 games will indeed stop working by the 2040s like you said. CDs of any type are expected to have a very good chance of failure/rot after 50 years. 



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