[gxs]

At first I was optimistic that AI would greatly alleviate the issue here, but no dice.

As someone who was super competitive about the games they played (reformed, no longer play), I can tell you online cheating is completely out of hand.

There are cheats nowadays that don't even require software to be on your computer. You just put up a camera on your screen and an AI bot helps you by manipulating your controller (e.g., aim) - it really is a cat and mouse game and I don't think the issue in general will be resolved anytime soon.

I know there is an entire industry built around gaming and custom PCs so this is a pipe dream, but I'd love it if instead of all the time and effort that goes into supporting these rigs, the business models for consoles were optimized such that consoles could be top of the line rigs with very strict upgrade paths. This is really the only way I can see us actually putting a dent into this problem

[Workaccount2]

For the longest time I have wanted what is essentially a PC-console where you buy signed parts that essentially work together as a console.

It would be a true "gaming pc" in the sense that it would really only be good for gaming with very restrictive hardware and software.

[ZiiS]

This is just called a "console" they literally are just normal PC's with verified hardware.

[Workaccount2]

That you cannot upgrade and are locked in to a single vendor that allows you to lease games from them. Not that.

[ZiiS]

You can now upgrade storage, perhepharals, monitor and usually have at least a generation of backwards compatability the lines are blurring.

I can also get more then twice as many headshots if I plug in a mouse inplace of a controller when dose that become cheating for people wanting to play from the couch?

Not sure if any vendor verified hardware program can avoid lockin due to economics, but it would certainly be nice.

[gxs]

Ah, signed parts. This is a great idea and a good compromise between the what I mentioned and a full blown console.

Would be great if they strictly enforced what versions of windows you were allowed to run.

[paulmd]

that’s called a mac

[squigz]

> There are cheats nowadays that don't even require software to be on your computer. You just put up a camera on your screen and an AI bot helps you by manipulating your controller (e.g., aim)

I haven't paid much attention to that scene in a few years, but I'd be a bit surprised if things had advanced this far already. Do you have any names/links I might search about this?

[c-hendricks]

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/07/cheat-maker-brags-of-...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ne9bmMX82iY