The ban on the prefixes

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< P> The European Union introduced a ban on sale in the 16th package of sanctions Game consoles — PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. While some gamers grab the heart, while others laugh through tears, politicians strain the muscles of the imagination: in their opinion, the technology of gaming consoles can be used to control unmanned aerial vehicles. Take a wider look: the era when the “tanks” on the couch cause more fear than real weapons — already here.

in a digital war, where any device can be a Trojan horse, the ban on the prefixes looks almost like an absurd theater. But perhaps this is just a new chapter in endless battles between the markets and ambitions of officials. XRUST notes that such a radical solution can hit not only by lovers of virtual worlds, but also in the labor market: developers and retailers will lose serious income, and players — their favorite outlet.

However, as practice shows, any restriction It generates waves of illegal import and «gray» supplies. And while we are waiting for further moves from the EU, it remains only to observe how the consoles from simple sources of amusement become the object of large -scale political bargaining.

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