alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 hours agoHighguard requires Secure Boot to play, which might not be a popular movewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up164
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minus-squareRamRabbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-213 hours agoGame-makers apparently never got the memo: never trust the client. Server-side is where it is at. All this onerous client-side shit is just pushing away customers.
minus-squarececilkorik@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoThey’d rather have control than customers. This is not about making the game “cheat free”, this is about conditioning the gaming public and normalizing this behavior. Even if they lose money doing it, it’s an investment in their future plans.
Game-makers apparently never got the memo: never trust the client. Server-side is where it is at.
All this onerous client-side shit is just pushing away customers.
They’d rather have control than customers. This is not about making the game “cheat free”, this is about conditioning the gaming public and normalizing this behavior. Even if they lose money doing it, it’s an investment in their future plans.