No, this is done to ensure there’s no competition when selling games. Why do you think console games are pricier than PC ones? On PC we still have some competition.
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Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 day agoconsoles blow a fuse with each new patch so you can’t load older patches.
Admittedly I was unaware of this, but for consoles it can have a real functional purpose as part of the protection against cheating.
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
Anticheat should be handled by the games, not the console (unless the games are produced by the console manufacturer)
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 11 hours ago
It’s an anti-piracy/homebrew feature. Realistically, nobody is using that for cheating.