Online-verification Memes

PlayStation really said "you know what would be HILARIOUS? Making people phone home every 30 days just to verify they still own the games they already paid for!" Because nothing screams customer trust like treating your entire player base like potential pirates. Meanwhile, PC gamers are over here cackling with their champagne glasses... until they remember Steam exists and they're literally one internet outage away from the same fate. The "or not yet affected" is doing some HEAVY lifting here because let's be real—DRM is coming for everyone eventually. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when some suit in a boardroom decides offline gaming is "too generous" and needs to be monetized into oblivion.