When the last time you checked your earlier PS3 games? Blu-ray discs are apparently twenty times more prone to disc rot than standard discs.
Also, buy an Ubisoft game between 2011-2014? I recommend checking them for disc rot too, regardless of whether they're for the PS3, PS4, or another console; The manufacturer they used was fucking garbage.
>Blu-ray discs are apparently twenty times more prone to disc rot than standard discs.
Source ~ My ass.
>>335868254
Bet you save your music as flac
>>335868254
That looks like dust senpai
>disc rot
Why're you using forced /vr/ memes here friendo? Are you by chance re-seller scum? ;^)
>>335868254
That's not disc rot, that's straight up mold.
Disc rot hasn't been a thing since Laser disc.
Source: I own a lot of laser discs.
>>335868254
>Blu-ray discs are apparently twenty times more prone to disc rot than standard discs.
This would be a major scandal if even remotely true.
>>335868254
>Blu-ray discs are apparently twenty times more prone to disc rot than standard discs
I thought it was the other way around.
My oldest PS3 game is Uncharted and it's perfect as always.
>>335871198
Dust? it looks like some fat fucks's cheeto crumbs
>>335871198
Pro tip; Those specs are under the transparent plastic layer. It's from discs not being pressed properly, so air oxidizes the reflective aluminum layer.
>tfw physical media degrades
>tfw digital media corrupts
There is no winning.
>>335874984
tis the curse of life
>>335868254
Troll thread. Because I've had Blu rays since they've been released. Still in perfect condition
>>335875072
*teleports behind you*
*unsheathes spear*
*destroys your blu-rays in one strike*
Heh, nothing persona, kid.I Have Bob Dylan CDs from the 80s that still are mint condition
>>335874984
>tfw nothing lasts forever and time will continue it's grim march forward with or without us
>All of the, "WELL MINE'S STILL FINE SO THIS ISSUE ISN'T AN ISSUE" responses ITT
It's like the launch 360s having a 53% failure rate and 72% of launch DSlites snapping on the hinge due to poor design
B-BUT MINE'S STILL FINE
>2016
>physical discs
>OP warns people that they should check their games, just in case
>People check their games and they're fine
>People then get angry with OP for looking out for their best interest, calling him a liar and shit because the problem didn't personally effect them
>>335868254
>Over on AVS Forums, a few members are complaining about a problem with copies of The Prestige: disc rot.
>Those affected seem to believe that the rot is occurring in the disc coating. At the moment, this issue appears to be isolated to one thread and one movie. As far as I'm concerned, that's good news implying that we shouldn't all run for the hills just yet.
Keep digging mustards, maybe one day you'll learn to appreciate life instead of shitposting.
>2016
>paying for thing
>Not keeping 7tb in your rig, and another 7 in your gunsafe loaded with games, movies, tv, music and porn
I just checked my copy of Black Flag
One disc is covered in specs (right) while the other is in pristine condition (left)
Is this disc rot and can I fix it?
By the time my discs fade to dust whatever system they're on will be cracked and I can just download a replacement version.
>>335875681
I have over 60 ps1 games from the mid to late 90s, and countless CDs from even earlier.
I have NEVER once had disc rot.
in fact I have never known ANYONE to have a disc rot.
Shit is just a meme digital only fags use.
>>335876002
Ya, AssCreedIV and Far Cry 3 seemed to get the disc rot the worst out of all the Ubisoft titles that had the issue.
You can't do anything, the reflective layer is now oxidized. The disc is 100% fucked. You can't fix it even by using a de-scratcher because the rot isn't even on the surface, it's in a layer of the disc.
Lucky for you, AssCreedIV is like $5 new these days.
>>335876076
>Disc rot is a myth because I've never personally experienced it!
>He posts immediately after >>335876002
>>335868254
>an Ubisoft
A Ubisoft. The "u" in Ubisoft is a semivowel (you-bee-soft).
>>335876076
PS1 games didn't use aluminum, you retard
compact discs in the 90s jumped between tons of materials once gold was deemed too expensive before the industry settled on aluminum
How the fuck can the aluminum layer of your discs oxidize if they have no aluminum layer to begin with
>>335876295
>implying that's disc rot
that xbot clearly just doesn't know how to take care of his vidya, or he bought it used.
>tf2
damn son, you have no room to make fun of anyone
>>335876402
I have literally heard Ubisoft employees say it in three different ways, and it seems dependent on whether they're French, American, or Canadian.
>>335876525
I bought it brand new. The specs aren't on the surface, I just tried removing them. It's literally the only 360 game I own with the specs on it.
I mean damn nigga, I should be the one in denial here, not you. I'm the one with the rotting game.
>mfw wanted to play fight night round 4 after mayweather vs pacquiao fight
>mfw disc rot
Thanks, EA!
>>335876614
Im pretty sure its You bee soft, since it comes from the word ubiquitous
>>335876525
>MY LAUNCH XBOX 360 IS FINE, THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE
>MY LAUNCH XBOX 360 IS FINE, THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE
>MY LAUNCH XBOX 360 IS FINE, THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE
>MY LAUNCH XBOX 360 IS FINE, THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE
>MY LAUNCH XBOX 360 IS FINE, THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE
>MY LAUNCH XBOX 360 IS FINE, THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE
>>335876002
>>335876863
ITT toddlers don't take care of their games properly and blame an imaginary meme
How can something mechanical rot?? lol
>have some CDs from the late 80s
>still perfectly fine
Disc rot is an urban legend perpetuated by people who abuse their shit by leaving it out in the sun and handling it poorly
>>335877163
I hope every disc rot denier ends up going to play their favourite game/album only to find it has rotted
There is literally nothing a person can do to prevent disc rot. It's entirely at the mercy of how well the disc is pressed by the manufacturer.
>>335877163
This >>335876863 probably happened because I was too lazy to put the game back in its case and left it upside down and the sun must have been shining on it. I don't really care much, but it does suck to know any of my games could have done this due to my apathy to take care of them.
This is the rotational velocidensity attack from an enemy Stand!
>tfw rom cartridges from the 80s will outlast discs from the 90s
>tfw nintendo was right
We just didn't know. We couldn't know
>>335875595
Had a hearty kek with that one friend.
>>335877343
If that's the case, it sounds like you're describing a manufacturing defect rather than a phenomenon that potentially affects all discs
>>335874984
Well as long as you can make backups there is no problem.
>>335877598
Well first of all, it can only affect discs that use a reflective layer that can oxidize when exposed to any air (such as aluminum, which has been the standard for almost two decades now in compact discs).
Secondly, the rot can occur anywhere between immediately to thirty years. After the 30 year mark your discs are pretty much guaranteed safe, unless you physically damage/scratch it. But because of this, we won't know the quality of different discs/manufacturers until the time comes their discs might start rotting. Ubisoft had the issue already when they got the cheapest fucks they could find and had a bunch of games end up rotting (like 1 out of every 100 discs printed).
>tfw i know all my games and consoles will eventually stop working
>tfw i still continue to buy old games when i can just emulate them
>tfw i continue to buy physical games in the digital era
Why cant i get over the physical meme?
2 bits of information of every file on your computer "age" every year.
Unless you're frequently backing up your information onto new harddrives, over time, files can become corrupt.
Literally everything ages. Nothing lasts forever.
>>335878071
because nothing will ever beat the feeling of slapping in a cartridge, sitting your ass on a couch, and playing vidya like old times
sitting at a computer desk doesnt cut it
>>335878071
>tfw bought so many games yet haven't played them
>Max Payne 1&2
>NBA street
>psychonauts
>Star Wars bounty hunter
>tfw they'll all rot away
Fuck
>>335875681
Nigger, I own over 2000 games on various discs, ranging from the mid 90s to now. Not a single one of them has "disc rot"
>>335878241
>have my n64
>over 50 games
>haven't played it for years
>have conker (worth 90$ on ebay) even though i have rare replay and emulators
>few hundred dollars just sitting there
>still haven't sold it
>probably never will
>>335878657
>I know because I just checked all 2000 of them individually
Honestly it's such a rare thing that twenty years from now you'll probably find one rotted to your surprise
>>335878795
Your N64 is only going to appreciate in value as less people attempt to emulate it properly and more hipsters ruin them to make, "art"
>>335878860
I actually checked a large portion of them, this past weekend.
There are much worse things to fear for vidya collectors. I opened my Neo Geo Pocket Color's case, and realized it was gone. No idea where it went, because I never take it out of my game room.
>>335868254
>Ps3
>games
>>335871491
Aren't the resellers the ones who are more likely to deny the existence of disc rot?
>good goymer, of course this copy of crash bandicoot 2 is tested and works fine
>that'll be $70 thank you
>>335878957
What fucking time is that? If you hung this up on a wall, how would you know which way to hang it?
>>335868254
those dots are a proliferation of yeast cells. take a shower you disgusting faggot.
>>335878215
>>335878071
don't really give a fucking shit about touching things and nostalgia, digital is obviously superior as far as convenience and everything goes
the reason I prefer physical is because I refuse to give up my right to first sale. when I can sell my digital games, I'll gladly go all digital
>>335879304
it's funny because it's a meme
>>335878071
Ha ha, you simply switch to cartridges. My SNES from a quarter century ago still works like the day I got it.
>>335876002
i had some stuff like that. you can clean most of it off. it's mold spots or some shit. probably from humidity.
if it was disc rot, you'd be able to see light coming through the disc through pin-sized holes.
>>335878114
>2 bits of information of every file on your computer "age" every year.
Pure bullshit. Otherwise anti-cheat software wouldn't ban players for not having the correct file checksums.
>>335876076
This.
The only time I've seen it is when I worked at a retro video game store on a copy of a Sega Saturn game that was very poorly taken care of (ie kept in a moist place).
I found that cartridge games are actually more vulnerable to things such as contacts rusting or batteries going bad (and even leaking). If you have a gameboy, take the fucking batteries out of it while you don't play it. Leaving them in will end with them leaking and corroding the battery springs in the back. This really goes for anything with a battery.
I have over 400+ ps1/ps2/ps3 games and have never experienced it myself. I still play all my retro games just fine.
>>335877437
they can also get "disc rot"
in the form of
'bit rot'
not cartridges are safe from the fate that physical media are bound to encountered as the material get's older
digital is one of the best method of saving all of this and backing it up yearly.
>>335876002
Clean the fucking thing.
Xbox 360 games are never taken care of properly because the people who play that system are retards.
>>335875656
>MQ-17J asked suddenly of his AC-contact, "Can entropy ever be reversed?"
>>335878957
I need to grab a backup N64 before society destroy them all
anyone remember some fish paste smelling disk scratch 'remover' that gamestop used to sell
>>335880831
At the gamestore i worked at we used a particular kind of car wax to clean our discs.
I half think it caused cancer or something but whatever, it cleaned the fuck outta some discs.
>>335879472
It's a clock without numbers on it, you can literally hang it in way you want and adjust the hands accordingly.
You tell what time it is by not being a retard. The current time in that pic is 1:50
>>335870274
I'm not the only one who got this meme right?
>>335881012
it's the only defense against rotational velocidensity
>>335880995
if you worked at a gamestop in california, it definitely caused cancer.
>>335879648
You never owned the games you bought. You just own a physical license that allows you to play that game for however long that physical license lasts.
But I agree, the consumer's rights in the digital era are a complete farce. Even though I'm just buying a license for the game, since it's not a government issued license that requires a test to pass I should be allowed to resell that license to anyone I want to.
>>335880104
>being this illiterate
Of all the discs I've come across, I've only had issues with DLDVD+R from Philips.
This includes Memorex CD-Rs whoch are fucking awfulthat i still buy anyway. If anything piracy is a nice way to undo the damage that can happen with disc rot. It's just a shame that there's so many security measures in place to prevent the consumer to make backups.we lost a sonic 06 prototype to shitty philips discs. we got 2gb recovered but the other 4gb is all gone due to the issues.my buddy is dumping an early sonic heroes prototype for the gamecube as we speak. and then a sonic colours build. i know nintendo's discs dont die from bit rot as much so props to them
if you take anything from this post, just stay away from Philips discs at all costs. They will never hold up as long as you need them to
>>335878241
You need to play psychonauts right now.
That's why I put all my games in the fridge
>>335881869
i put batteries in the fridge still.
its only reasonable as long as you can control the moisture properly.
>>335874984
Discs are built to last your lifetime, at least. If pressed properly, you won't even live to see them rot.
>>335879304
>tfw the ps3 has had more games than the 360 for like seven years
>>335882561
>Compact discs were invented in my lifetime
>Receive guarantee they will live longer than I will when they haven't had the time to see how long compact discs can last yet
Averages I've kept hearing were 30-40 years, and it's one of the three main reasons computer engineers are trying to build a better medium. The other two being capacity and transfer limitations. We're already at a bottleneck when it comes to transferring data from a disc, most games need to be installed because reading off the disc isn't sufficient.
I just checked my 2009 copy of HAWX, there are dots all over the discs that can only be seen in direct light. I'm assuming that's some kind of imperfection?
>>335885017
it's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon trying to escape Uplay
>>335868254
>disc rot
What kind of shit hole do you live in that your Blu-rays are literally breaking down because of the disgust?
>>335885017
Dots = disc rot. It's when the reflective layer becomes dull and unreadable.
>>335874984
HDDs are cheap now. Back everything up on a new one every year or two
>>335885497
Fuck. I like HAWX too.
>>335879472
You fucking watch it tick and see what way the hands turn. Three of my watches don't have numbers and I can tell the time on them just fine. You have to be an absolute retard to have gone at least 18 years without memorizing the positions of numbers on a clock.
