I was actually thinking about getting a new case when I got everything, and found one I liked for a good price, but by the time I was making the purchase the promotion ended so I thought I didn't need it anyway.
How cute thinking you own your games. You don't own your games; you licence the right to play the games you pay for. The fact you have physical media is irrelevant. It's been like that for as long as I can remember. Thing is it's now easier to block you from playing the game if you violate the...
There doesn't seem to be any kind of corrosion as far as I can tell. I cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and left it out on the sun for a couple of hours.
Coincidentally it started raining again a couple of hours later.