Rockstar Games' servers have been under fire from DDoS attacks causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online.

Rockstar Games’ servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

    • thejoker954@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      “Don’t buy games with invasive user-side anti-cheats that hamper performance, and demand refunds on any game…”

      1st point: AC Wasn’t there at purchase

      2nd point: AC was added decades later so how can one return the game?

      • Vespair@lemm.eeEnglish
        23·
        3 months ago

        and demand refunds on any game that adds it after purchase.

        This, which is in my original fucking message, applies here. If you think the effort is futile, fine, whatever, don’t try. But my statement was made with full understanding of the timeline, and I stand by it. Feel free to read the rest of the comments in the thread for further discussion of the timeline, or feel free to fuck off, I guess; I’m not in the mood to indulge a pedant clearly just looking for an argument.

        • thejoker954@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          3 months ago

          No it doesn’t, at least not everwhere.

          If you wanna be an idoitic asshat, and get all pissy because someone points out a flaw in your argument, thats not my problem.