learn how to crack and pirate games.

pretty obvious counter for this bullshit. honestly.

also, stop buying console exclusive games, or consoles. period.

buy older systems, slap together a linux pc, learn about emulation, deep dive old titles.

people keep pretending they are helpless to this bullshit.

you are not. learn how to preserve and share your tools.

Devil's advocate:

Tons of patents are registered for protection and/or licensing options even if the company doesn't end up using them. Sony has some patents with similar terribleness they've never implemented in products.

But this is Microslop, so they'll implement it extremely heavy handed, and then after the inevitable backlash, they'll claim it was unexpected and pull back some. But we will still end up with some bullshit.

Microsoft - Ads in your games.

Sony - You don't own your games

Nintendo - We'll sue you if you look at us funny.

Who's the least worst of the big three consoles? And will they still be the big three next decade? Find out next time, same bat time, same bat channel!

This is good. The patent means no one else can do this, so we just need to avoid any games made by Microsoft from now on.

Oh boy...