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[–] SGG@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I think the way they had planned on banning players for cheating and potentially unwanted behaviour was through PSN. People are also fairly sure it is a requirement in the contract with Sony that PSN accounts are required. It's just due to server issues from popularity they removed the requirement.

So while it's possible from a technical standpoint, there's some non technical hurdles to overcome as well.

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 8 points 6 months ago

True, they would need to do the work needed to pivot to VAC, so it isn't nothing. We'll have to see how it shakes out.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

See the only part I don't get is, if it was truly mandatory from the get go, why did they sell it in regions not supported by PSN?

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From what I have seen, Sony seems to mostly turn a blind eye to people from unsupported regions simply selecting a supported region.

However it is stupid to have made the game available for sale in those unsupported regions, I agree.

I think that it began as a "gentlemen's agreement" of sorts, but now that the game is SUPER POPULAR Sony wants all that juicy PII and that bump in active PSN accounts to appease shareholders.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

All of that sounds so insanely illegal. Selling a game that by all intents and purposes, doesn't work in your region.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, but the legal system lags way behind on tech and data. It lags harder that the original Ubisoft potato servers.