If you have ever played any competitive game, you should be well aware of the smurfing phenomenon that ruins the experience for anyone who isn’t a top player. By creating alternate accounts, high-rank players return to the bottom of the competitive ladder, stomping through less experienced players for all sorts of reasons, often not very good ones. However, next-generation systems like the PlayStation 6 may solve this long-standing issue (while also improving cloud gaming), as Sony has patented new technology to detect players using secondary accounts to make ranked modes in competitive games fairer. “Systems and methods for using gameplay characteristics to […]
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