nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 hours 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-square76fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down19cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkGabe 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.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square76fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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-up1·edit-23 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.