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Another pretty big advantage of a console platform which isn't jailbroken (yet?) is far less cheating. Sure, you still got all your in-game exploits (some games

Another pretty big advantage of a console platform which isn't jailbroken (yet?) is far less cheating. Sure, you still got all your in-game exploits (some games don't have many, other games are riddled with game-breaking exploits), but you have to invest in a hardware cheat to get an aimbot or whatever on a console (one might argue that, depending on the game, you already get an aimbot out of the box anyway). Cheating in online PC games has become such a large problem that I'm wondering how much more the market will take.

Wowfunhappy 5y ago
Honestly, I've always considered this to be the one really strong argument in favor of locked-down hardware. It's something I struggle with a bit, because locked-down hardware is evil in every other respect. But it's clearly advantageous for online gaming.
- effingwewt 5y ago
  Many moons ago I quit gaming on PC and sold my gaming rig, and went back to consoles. I remember the day. I was playing Battlefield 3 I believe. I kept getting sniped across the map with headshots. Went to search and typed in 'BF3 cheats' and the very first hit was a youtube video with a working aimbot link in the description. That being said, every time my PS4 would update and the only patch notes were 'security updates', the only thing that actually changed were their ads on the home screen. Then they began removing functionality. Then the weekly OS updates, with notes never saying more than 'security' Nowhere to go that hasn't been shit upon by either the player base, or the evil manufacturers. I used to love online gaming, have made some lifelong friends from it. But I'm over it and these days I look for single pmayer games with enough content to be worth the purchase without ebdless DLC.
rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
Not just cheating, but it prevents players from having an advantage from having a better/more expensive setup - I personally love having standardized hardware in competitive online gaming.
- sebazzz 5y ago
  There is still the difference between having a gamepad or keyboard connected.

Wowfunhappy 5y ago

Honestly, I've always considered this to be the one really strong argument in favor of locked-down hardware. It's something I struggle with a bit, because locked-down hardware is evil in every other respect. But it's clearly advantageous for online gaming.

effingwewt 5y ago
Many moons ago I quit gaming on PC and sold my gaming rig, and went back to consoles. I remember the day. I was playing Battlefield 3 I believe. I kept getting sniped across the map with headshots. Went to search and typed in 'BF3 cheats' and the very first hit was a youtube video with a working aimbot link in the description. That being said, every time my PS4 would update and the only patch notes were 'security updates', the only thing that actually changed were their ads on the home screen. Then they began removing functionality. Then the weekly OS updates, with notes never saying more than 'security' Nowhere to go that hasn't been shit upon by either the player base, or the evil manufacturers. I used to love online gaming, have made some lifelong friends from it. But I'm over it and these days I look for single pmayer games with enough content to be worth the purchase without ebdless DLC.

rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago

Not just cheating, but it prevents players from having an advantage from having a better/more expensive setup - I personally love having standardized hardware in competitive online gaming.

sebazzz 5y ago
There is still the difference between having a gamepad or keyboard connected.