RSS BotMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish • 10 days agoWhy console makers can legally brick your game consolearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zipgaming@beehaw.orggames@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
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minus-square@gadfly1999@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoYeah, that console represents a future revenue stream for them. Bricking it will turn the maximum expected lifetime revenue they can get from that console to zero.
Yeah, that console represents a future revenue stream for them. Bricking it will turn the maximum expected lifetime revenue they can get from that console to zero.