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[RafterXL]

Only with discs I burnt myself, never with a retail copy of a game, movie, or music.

 

[polybius80]

Only on my Wii U games. It feels like the Wii U titles were poorly printed or something.

I will check my WiiU games

but speaking of WiiU I have a smash bross with a mark(like a popped bubble) that causes reading problems had to buy a used copy at the time

 

[uncreativename]

No. I got rid of all my physical games ages ago, but I still have a fair few CDs and DVDs and BluRays and so far they're all fine.

Our copy of Theme Hospital got a hole in the disc somehow back in the day, but that was my brother's fault :/

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Sony will stop manufacturing physical games, but your collection could last up to 100 years: Here’s the lifespan of your CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays

How long can a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray last? The industry estimates a lifespan of between 30 and 100 years and debunks the myth surrounding “disc rot.”

en.as.com

"Although the so-called "disc rot" does exist, the reality is far less alarming than we might think. In fact, the industry's own estimates put the lifespan of a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc at several decades—and, under the right conditions, up to a century."

 

[Solarstrike]

Never. If you take care of stuff, that stuff will last

 

[dcx4610]

Only on burned discs back in the day. CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. A lot of those were cheap and weren't intended to last. Modern pressed discs were designed to last a lifetime. They should work 100+ years now as long as they are in the proper environment. Most disc rot examples are actual manufacturing defects, or discs kept in super humid conditions.

Disc rot is completely overblown. Your discs will outlive you as long as they are in a climate controlled environment.

 

[Blueghost]

I've only seen disc rot on old ps1 and ps2 pirated games, never on original discs

 

[ToughestSoul]

At least one of the CDs of my copy of Final Fantasy VII PC from the 90s had it.

 

[35cent]

Nope. I have loads of CDs and games that are 30+ years old and they still work.

 

[GrayChild]

Only a couple of cheaply printed movies. Never with games, on any platform.

 

[GonSama]

Nope. I have loads of CDs and games that are 30+ years old and they still work.

Same here.
Been collecting since the PS1 days and never had this issue.

 

[DukeOfX]

Yes. All my sega CD and Turbo library are gone due to rot. Some of my PS One games are starting to go. DVDs for PS2 seem fine so far, but some of my DVDs from 2000 to 2002 are crap now. All Blu-ray discs are fine. I have lived in arid mountain zones, , the Caribbean for 4 years, extreme California desert for 7, now I'm on the humid East Coast.

 

[The_Mike]

I assume not storing them in a swamp helps alot to prevent it

 

[R6Rider]

Never. My old PS1 games are kept in a not so great environment back at my parent's home and still no issues with them (beyond scratches).

 

[DukeOfX]

I forgot, ALL my PSP UMDs rotted. Games and movies. Cool concept, shitty format. Curiously, all my minidiscs are fine.

 

[ShirAhava]

My CD based PC games from the late 90s early 2000s.....ROT city!

RIP my Golden Tee collection

Never had a console game, cd, vcd or dvd rot

 

[ReBurn]

Are you sure that wasn't an issue with the disc reader? Some of them really struggled with the blue discs.

It could have been. My launch PS2 had a bad drive that had to be replaced. By then I'd probably traded away the blue discs.

 

[Astray]

No, but I have experienced a lot of scratches in the PS1/2/3 eras.

PS4 is when I started buying digital largely because of this (and because I started to run out of shelfspace).

 

[Aenima]

Original disks no, all my music CD and games with 30 year old still work. Just a couple games i burned myself stoped working, but DVD movies i burned more than 20 years ago also still work. Recently my internet went down for a couple days, and i did a movie marathon with some of these old movies i didnt watched for years.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Everyone who voted no lives in their parents basement.

 

[Mahavastu]

I have a pretty large collection of movies on HD-DVD and Bluray.
When I wanted to RIP the HD-DVD Movies (the original hardware player is from 2008 or so and unbelievable slow for today standards) only 25% of the movies could still be read.
I heard that for example ALL Warner HD-DVDs have rotted, because they used certain chemicals which changed when being in contact with air.

There are also some bluray movies which have problems to be read.
There were also PS4 games I had problems with, despite having used them rarely. I think the killzone disc I got bundled with my PS4 back in the days stopped working.

So no, disc rot is not a phantasy, it is real.

 

[Firestone]

Only burned CDs.

Turns out, the price difference really makes a huge difference in quality. Verbatim vs Intenso

 

[kruis]

I've had a few audio CDs that were lost to disc rot, they all came from the same disc pressing plant. You could send in your CDs and then you would receive replacement copies. I also have (had) a DVD with a live show of the band Yes that had become unreadable. I may have many more but I won't know it unless I try to play each and every one of them and I'm not going to do that.

Oh, and a hundred or so recordable CDs filled with MP3s that had all become partially unreadable. I threw them all away, what's the point of MP3 CDs in the age of Spotify?

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Had a few. Mostly from burned dvd. Thats great and all that you are a collector and have a dedicated space and room co trolled temperature etc but not everyone has that commodity so to say that disc rot is a hoax is like saying sitting in a chair all day long without proper support, wont give you any back issues.

I lived in Dubai and Vietnam for years. Nobody has their AC turned on 24/7, especially when you are out or on vacation. Rooms become humid and a furnace.

 

[6502]

Only ever on cheap blank / writeable discs. The only issues i've had have been second hand games with scratches.
From Cd music, dvd, mega cd to series x and most inbetween since the 90s - i've never had a problem with an official pressed disc.
Then again I am stickler for keeping them in the correct case, stored out of sunlight. Whether in a cupboard, garage or attic... keeping them in the case when not in use has a 100% record for me.
Even my attic stored 5.25" floppies still work 30 years later.

 

[simpatico]

I have a pretty large collection of movies on HD-DVD and Bluray.
When I wanted to RIP the HD-DVD Movies (the original hardware player is from 2008 or so and unbelievable slow for today standards) only 25% of the movies could still be read.
I heard that for example ALL Warner HD-DVDs have rotted, because they used certain chemicals which changed when being in contact with air.

There are also some bluray movies which have problems to be read.
There were also PS4 games I had problems with, despite having used them rarely. I think the killzone disc I got bundled with my PS4 back in the days stopped working.

So no, disc rot is not a phantasy, it is real.

Pretty much all HD-DVDs are gone. There's a giant thread on AVS about it. Stealth DivX? One wonders.

 

[Skifi28]

Everyone who voted no lives in their parents basement.

I don't know, basements can be pretty damp.

 

[Ikutachi]

Never a thing for me.

 

[keefged4]

Only 2 or 3 discs. All PAL Saturn games.

 

[Humdinger]

Crotch rot - check
Brain rot - check
Disc rot - not yet

 

[Ruz Leon]

I've never encountered disc rot. I've come across defective discs that caused games to stop working, or cases where they simply got damaged because children didn't treat these delicate things very carefully.