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lurkerforawhile 71 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's ab...

Firmware anti-downgrade functionality with eFuses is common across all kinds of consumer devices. The physical evidence is there, if you can find it.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFuse> <https://free60.org/Hardware/Fusesets/#fusesets-07-11> <https://switchbrew.org/wiki/Fuses#Anti-downgrade> <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/google-gives-develop...>

gosub100 71 days ago [–]

People play games, not firmware. The claim is not to revoke sonys ability to update the hardware.

pocksuppet 71 days ago | | [–]

New firmware can easily come with new security checks though, and I think other consoles have done this in the past.

lurkerforawhile 70 days ago | | [–]

use your brain

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