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I think in addition to what people say on this thread, the console vendors also don't want devices resold and in circulation that can run unsigned code to pirat
by asveikau 4y ago
I think in addition to what people say on this thread, the console vendors also don't want devices resold and in circulation that can run unsigned code to pirate games. So they make them really unattractive to use as actual gaming devices.
That maybe is not the whole story, but I've often assumed that was part of it.
- jsheard 4y agoNowadays the devkits require a license key to operate, which only works for a limited amount of time, so when they do slip into the wild it's generally not possible to do anything interesting with them. You can find videos of people playing with PS4/PS5 devkits and they just throw an error that the system has expired and needs to be renewed. They're just collectors items now, unfortunately.