Oh, a streamer I watch was talking about this during his livestream yesterday. Hopefully more people take note of it before becoming parents

Everybody I know, myself included, recommends playing From Soft games with a controller.

How does a security chip in an end user's PC work as an anti-cheat? There's not much a person could do to a game server just by spoofing hardware specifications. Generally they need to run some sort of software which hooks into the game's process to change the data being sent to the server. The security protocol of that data being sent should not influence how the server interprets it. It's really just the game connecting to the server. A security chip in the CPU is added to protect the user's data, not to restrict their behaviour.

So what would game developers running an online game be able to do with that?

Prebuilt computers are always more expensive and there is a great risk of damage during transportation. It is better to secure PC parts individually and build them yourself. (Really not hard to do. It is mostly Just plugging parts into the ports that look like they match and putting some screws in.) If you are insistent on buying a pre-built then make sure to buy from a company that focuses specifically on selling pre-built computers. Do some research to find out how they package their products during shipping. Also, make sure you understand what parts are actually good by checking their specs and what each one mean.

Why would that protect games from cheaters? That's a very different issue than PC security.

I know :)

I would pick Mario Party 5 even if I had money for the new ones :)