Does water hurt game discs?

If the disc has experienced no permanent damage from absorption of the liquid, it should play normally. In NIST tests, a CD totally submerged in clean water for 24 hours was found to be unreadable initially after removal and surface drying.

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2023-06-25 01:45:35

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What happens when you put a ps4 game disc in a pc?
A PS4 disk will just pop up an unformatted or an incorrect format or something along those lines on a PC. However, there are some ways of determining if the disk is in error (which odds are it should be fine unless there's heavy damage to it).
2024-02-11 10:10:05

Is it okay to clean a game disc with water?
To clean a CD or DVD a microfiber cleaning cloth or cotton based tissue or cloth is recommended. Any materials used should be checked to ensure they are non-abrasive. In most instances water will suffice as a cleaning agent.
2024-01-15 05:17:30

Is it safe to put water in ps4 disc?
Unless if the water was at a very high temperature, chances are, water alone won't damage the PS4 discs, let alone any other discs. Anything with a high temperature can easily get the disc of any sort to start degrading, which will corrupt the data that the disc holds.
2024-01-06 21:22:14

Does piracy hurt game sales?
But it turned out that the study found that piracy had no impact on sales — at least in some cases. The suppression story broke, and it made for a nice new cycle narrative.
2023-11-23 10:47:04

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