> Gamedevs working on multiplayer FPSs and MMOs (which requires resolving incredibly complex state synchronizations at millisecond-scales) have done this for de

> Gamedevs working on multiplayer FPSs and MMOs (which requires resolving incredibly complex state synchronizations at millisecond-scales) have done this for decades ...no they haven't? Those aren't distributed systems. There is an authoritative server that holds the source of truth, and players sync up with it. A truly distributed game would have each game client contain the full world state, and would synchronize with every other player rather than an authoritative server.