Game cheats form a good percentage of users in the online gaming community which has constantly forced game developers and publishers to finding new ways to curb their behavior.
VRFocus reports on the news that Oculus will be bringing its Crescent Bay version of the Oculus Rift to the NEXON Developer Conference this week.
I don't entirely hate the idea. Maybe civil action would be better, but doing this sort of thing should have legal consequences.
It ruins the experience for others, who will in turn not purchase additional games/add-ons; a particularly harmful consequence for F2P games where they need people to continually return and spend money.
I disagree with the author of the article about how its the developers responsibility to prevent cheaters from using third party tools to exploit the game. There are probably thousands of applications being created with the sole purpose of allowing players to cheat in these online games and there is no way developers can safe guard against all of them.
This kind of thing should be enforced in every country on the planet. I don't believe they should be given jail time. Instead they should given a fine similar to a traffic ticket. No Serious gamer wan't to see cheaters online and measures outside of banning should be put in place as a deterrent. There should also be something that prevents game developers/publishers from making their games pay to win.
I hate cheaters, but cmon... the law has no business getting envolved with how people use their gaming software. If they want to take the time to run some cheats then that is their buisness. its up to the software developers to prevent it programming wise.
There is nothing illegal about cheating in a video game. The mere thought of it being illegal is both laughable and rediculous. Companies and corporations cant make up their own laws to punish people that dont go along with their buisness model. They can ban them from playing their games. They can cut them from their service. But they can't have them arrested.
If thats happening in japan right now... then the police department in japan really must have crime to such low levels that they are bored as hell. Either they are very commendable for wiping out all crime .. or that country is becoming a scary scary place by telling people what they can and cant do with their own software installations. Or the police force just has some very retarded people on it.