At this point, it’s rare to be into multiplayer games and not have some experience playing against cheaters. Whether it's an insta-headshotting sniper bot in Team Fortress 2 or the recent aim hacking trend in Battlefield 6's beta, it’s something many of us have sadly grown accustomed to.
Despite years of us frustratingly dealing with cheaters, every “solution” has felt more like a short-term answer. Luckily, the company PlaySafe ID has recently made it their mission to fight on the side of both players and developers for the sake of fairness within the video games millions of us play every day.
But to help us truly fight back against cheaters, it is first essential for us to understand them. To help with this, PlaySafe ID recently released a report citing statistics that show how impactful cheating has been to the current state of multiplayer gaming.
Not only does this report shine a light on all of the interesting statistics behind cheating within gaming, but it also does a good job of showing the potential causes behind the self-sustaining cycle of hacks and cheating in the modern gaming ecosystem.
To begin, the report presents statistics that illustrate...
