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Battlefield 6 was the best-selling game in the U.S. in 2025.

Wow that’s surprising to me considering how it required Secure Boot enabled, which bricked a lot of people’s PCs. I installed the beta for my son and thought “there’s no fucking way the average gamer is going to be able to do this.”

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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They were probably relying on obnoxious Windows 11 install prompts to carry most of the fight there.

Sadly, in my case it just moved me to Linux…

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- VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  What do you mean sadly? That’s great news
  
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SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
An average teen gamer would move their entire family on Linux if it meant they get their digital crack.

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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

bricked a lot of people’s PCs

Did the definition of “brick” in this context change recently, or did secure boot literally destroy people’s hardware?

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- jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I had to put a jumper on the motherboard to do a hard BIOS reset on my son’s PC, and format the hard drive and do a fresh OS install. There are reddit threads and YouTube videos of people doing the same. I consider that bricked, but I suppose your definition could be more extreme.
  
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  - prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I didn’t know it was that bad. I have seen people using brick to mean they just had to reinstall the OS
    
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