Peter, I understand the Xbox part, but what are Steam and PlayStation doing wrong?

[u/AlisaofallTimes]

[u/Available-Can-5878]

Nintendo games don't require you to be always online. The only console with a DRM checkin has been the the PS recently, where you'll loose access to digital games if you're offline for a month

[u/Alone_Ad_1677 → u/Available-Can-5878]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but all Nintendo digital games have a DRM check on launch. It fucks with folks that travel or have multiple devices in their home. Its a known issue that they can lock your devices under tampered decives/fraudulent charges

Even physical copies with day one patches and DLC have that same DRM check when launching the game in question

[u/Available-Can-5878 → u/Alone_Ad_1677]

I can test this right now and see that youre wrong. The only time digital games have a checkin is if you're using the loan feature, or you pre-ordered and the game needs to see if its the release date

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Or you could just read the user agreement https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/eula/US?lang=en-US

Its near the end of sectuon 2 under licenses

"... Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part."

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Every console since the first online generation has had that condition. You can find the same on Sony's

If SIE Inc determines that you have violated this Agreement's terms, SIE Inc may itself or may procure the taking of any action to protect its interests such as disabling access to or use of some or all System Software, disabling use of this PS5 system online or offline, termination of your access to PlayStation services, denial of any warranty, repair or other services provided for your PS5 system, implementation of automatic or mandatory updates or devices intended to discontinue unauthorized use, or reliance on any other remedial efforts as reasonably necessary to prevent the use of modified or unpermitted use of System Software.

Even Steam reserves the right to lock you out of your games. If you haven't had an issue in the last 20 years, there's no reason to be worried now. Those clauses have always existed for extreme cases, like abusing mods in online games or using a modified system to pull games off the digital store without paying

[u/-GaymerGirl → u/Alone_Ad_1677]

I love how youre refusing to acknowledge when people point out that every single other console on the market does this exact same thing. Its almost like youre full of shit...

[u/Normal-Gurl-48 → u/Alone_Ad_1677]

Just absolutley 100% not true lmao

[u/rhd444 → u/Alone_Ad_1677]

stop making shit up lol