ludwigfanfunkoven:

folks out there defending nintendo like “oh games aren’t just gonna disappear” motherfucker there’s still hundreds if not thousands of commercially released games that Just Don’t Fucking Exist anymore as far as anyone knows or are being hoarded by some crusty fucks who refuse to upload any of that shit

and games AREN’T going to last forever

wanted to play a CD-i game? good luck, most CD-i’s have a battery that’s probably burst and leaked acid all over the motherboard now. wanted to play some og xbox titles like gunvalkyrie or breakdown before the xbone backcompat thing? good luck finding a functioning xbox, their clock capacitors are literally destroying xboxes worldwide.

and the carts and discs themselves are no stranger to death, with bitrot actually affecting a LOT of PC games right now because of how cheaply they were made! and that affects ALL CDs! saturn games and sega-CD games are up next! and after that, PS1 and dreamcast! and some games are just like that! you know why valkyrie profile is so expensive? because the slightest damage to the disc can make it unplayable!

not to mention cartridges that just rot away or lose the ability to save!  basically, you won’t find many working PS1 games in 50 years, if at all.