Physical disc media outlasts humans, but abandoned games hold limited replay value
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kingleopold
Summary
A brief opinion piece discussing the longevity of physical disc media (Blu-ray) compared to human lifespans, and the limited value of preserving abandoned games for actual play due to outdated quality-of-life standards. The author suggests that archived playthrough recordings may suffice, and advocates for publishers to open-source abandoned game code.
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Hacker NewsPhysical disc media outlasts humans, but abandoned games hold limited replay valuenews.ycombinator.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledScratched discs can be polished, pretty much restoring them to as-new condition, and the lifetime of Blu-ray media, even recordables, is pretty impressive, as in: longer than yours or mine.
the value of abandoned games is limited: playing them is usually no fun whatsoever, if only because of the quality-of-life being very-noticeably substandard due to later innovations.
I do think publishers should be pushed to open-source their gam
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