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Krafton will now permanently ban devices of BGMI players who are caught cheating to ensure a fair gameplay experience.
In its official announcement, Krafton has said, "If the use of illegal programs is detected with a mobile device by the newly applied security logic, the device will be permanently banned from using BGMI. Up until now, sanctions were given only to the accounts, but now the mobile devices will be banned as well, making fair gameplay far more effective." This isn't a new approach to gaming. PC games like Valorant issue hardware bans for cheaters using Vanguard anti-cheat software. A similar approach could prove to be effective in BGMI. However, third-party cheating tool developers have figured out ways to bypass anti-cheat measures as well as hardware bans in PC games, which may happen with BGMI too.
With device bans in place, the BGMI experience is now expected to have fewer cheaters. Tackling issues like cheating require an evolving approach that Krafton seems to have adopted already.