The EU wants to crack down on third parties that are still sending consoles and controllers to Russia. But it may not matter given that Russia can still source supplies from China.

We are really looking into all the types of things that help Russia to wage this war to put them on the sanctions list,” Kallas told reporters. “Even the consoles for video games, because apparently these are the ones that they operate drones with.

From HOTAS flight sticks to gamepads themselves, if it can process an input it’s probably being used somewhere for something other than making Mario jump. Now, the EU is proposing a ban on video game hardware sales from the bloc to Russia to stop it from using kit as weapons of warfare.