Quote Originally Posted by PredatoryCatgirl View Post
What I don't think people understand is the cultural and legal issue this causes. Japan has lots of games like this and no one cares. In the US, its basically dooming your game to include this, as the majority of gamers will drop you if you have a DRM that actually interferes with their computer. In Europe, its actually illegal in some countries, and where its not the attitude is largely the same as the US.

Basically including PC scanning would make this a JP only game, which would absolutely gut their bottom line. Yoshi-P is many things. Stupid isn't one of them.
Valorant says hello, one of the most popular games in the entire industry and it has an extreme anti-cheat that is also extremely effective.

Times are changing, people are less tolerant for cheating and you're joking if you think your data isn't already completely monitored.