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RE: Why we need to support physical media
Physical media has one big issue - shelf life. The average CD will be unusable after 50 years un normal conditions and a 100 in perfect conditions. So unless you are continuously backing up everything you have stored on current physical media a lot of with will just decay with time.
Great post! Would you mind if I included it in today's "best of gaming"?
That's true. These won't last forever, but hopefully in the future we have methods of archiving this type of content into formats that can easily be accessed by different devices. That being said, for the next few decades I think that most cartridge and disc based media will still be useable as long as they're stored correctly and well cared for.
Sure, I'd love to have this article featured in your 'best of gaming' post. Thank you!