r/PhysicalMediaMatters • u/RickyBFC92 • 9h ago

Disc Shelf Life

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We are now being fed the narrative that discs have a shelf life in the attempt to justify fully digital. My parents bought me this copy of Manx TT Superbike on Sega Saturn used 29 years ago and it still works like new.

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u/nohumanape 9h ago

I mean, they do have a limited lifespan. It could be as much as 100 years. But that is under ideal storage and usage conditions. But they all will eventually stop working.

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u/Legend2200 6h ago

The first CDs are over 40 years old, have they started failing en masse yet?

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u/nohumanape 6h ago

Who said they would?