Comment by Wowfunhappy

Well, I guess that's the other thing—Nintendo has been doing this for as long as they've been in the business. The NES launched with a so-called "lockout chip" to block unlicensed software. This was a key part of Nintendo's strategy for the NES, which launched after the so-called video game crash of 1989, when consumers stopped buying video games because they'd been burned by too many low-quality cash grabs. Nintendo's "seal of quality" program enforced very high standards, unlike anything seen on any platform today.

I hesitate to bring this up, because an old bad thing is still a bad thing. But it's not a new bad thing.