Studios are escalating anti-piracy measures, including franchise-wide hardware bans, as pre-release leaks and accidental early access expose how brittle global launch pipelines remain. To steady sentiment, developers are pairing crackdowns with visible update roadmaps while players elevate debates over grind, open worlds, and horde power fantasies that shape retention and design priorities.
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