• SGG
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    8 months ago

    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
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      88 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
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      18 months ago

      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
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        48 months ago

        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
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          38 months ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

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