>>99280782It doesn't really rest. But after each lost, the computer degrade up until it is completely broken. Also, the cyber-being who have to control the enemy NPCs become slugs if they lose*.
I think the computer makers from this universe intentionally put that "flaw" in as a sort of programmed obsolescence, to force users to buy new computer more frequently.
*(or they get inside the game system and get lost to the internet, thanks to a new savestate protocol that prevented the cyber-being from becoming slug, but not get home. I don't know how, maybe all the game are being played from Onlive, I don't know. It make as much sense as Wreck It Ralph)