nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoBeware bit rot. Granted most of those are going to be archived anyway but I wouldn’t count on them being useable indefinately.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 hours agoGood news is that disc rot doesn’t happen as quickly for stamped CDs as it does in CD-Rs.
Beware bit rot.
Granted most of those are going to be archived anyway but I wouldn’t count on them being useable indefinately.
Good news is that disc rot doesn’t happen as quickly for stamped CDs as it does in CD-Rs.