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It’s quite a lot more than that if you count all the titles that work but aren’t verified, I imagine!

My favourite journalistic practice is when outlets lump up everyone playing video games into a single group called “gamers.”

Could it be the next Stranding type game?!

Don’t be silly, for these types of people you can never make enough money.

Non-AMP link: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/05/06/stellar-blade-sales-selling-out-in-one-country/

It really wouldn’t be. Don’t worry.

Maybe you shoot boomers?

The Arc cards are the most price efficient graphics cards now, that’s hardly garbage.

Probably because “installing unsigned code from an unknown source” is a mouthful. Installing implicitly means “from within the walled garden” on these devices.

Giving cheat authors instant feedback in terms of detection results in cheats getting better at evading detection more quickly.

It’s cat and mouse when it comes to banning, even with hwid signatures the cheaters are able to use sophisticated spoofing techniques. Also there are side effects like legitimate players buying second hand pcs that have been banned.

How would a server-only method detect esp or wallhacks, which are generally speaking client-only exploits?

Yes. It’s a matter of knowing what you trust on your pc and understanding your threat model. Programs running in user mode can also be malicious.

Why do you call anti-cheat software rootkits? Rootkits are malicious.

Some fighting games let you filter games by connection and even connection type (wifi warriors you should be ashamed), but the primary matchmaking is skill based, and that still seems to work.

Some games don’t sell well but go on to become cult classics, so if it was just bad timing maybe Immortals of Aveum will too.

I haven’t tried playing PSO2 on the Steam Deck, just the original.

A game that receives updates in a regular manner. There is an expectation that players support these updates by buying things, and to encourage this live service games tend to have things that try to be habit-forming or are available for limited periods of time, such as battlepasses.

I rediscovered and fell in love all over again with Phantasy Star Online on the Steam Deck.

I’d like similar things to you as well, which is for the the Deck to get more efficient per watt. On my wishlist:

1. VRR
2. better display
3. lighter and thinner
4. better airflow / cooler and quieter (but keep the new fan smell)
5. better battery life without compromising size / heat
   5a. alternatively, make the battery detachable so we can carry multiple around.