nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days 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-square93fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down112cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1416arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square93fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day 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-21 day 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.