**Ban on Consoles**
The European Union has included a ban on the sale of gaming consoles—PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch—in its 16th sanctions package. While some gamers are clutching their hearts and others are laughing through tears, politicians have flexed their imaginative muscles: in their view, gaming console technologies can be used to control unmanned aerial vehicles. Look broader: the era when “tank games” on the couch evoke more fear than real weapons is already here.
In a digital war where any device can become a Trojan horse, the console ban seems almost like theater of the absurd. But perhaps this is just a new chapter in the endless battles between markets and the ambitions of officials. https://xrust.ru/ points out that such a radical decision could hit not only fans of virtual worlds but also the labor market: developers and retailers will lose significant income, and players will lose their favorite escape.
However, as practice shows, any restriction gives rise to waves of illegal imports and “gray” supplies. And while we wait for further moves from the EU, we can only watch as consoles transition from simple sources of entertainment to objects of large-scale political bargaining.
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