adapter@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoDenuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down14cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkDenuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”arstechnica.comadapter@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareHiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·1 year agoThere’s so many games I haven’t bought simply because they used/ implemented Denuvo. I see Denuvo and it’s an instant lost sale/nonbuy.
minus-squareMereo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year agoWorse. Paradoxically, it encourages piracy.
minus-squareseaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoIf it has Denuvo it’s basically asking “please, get a pirated version if you want this, because the official version sucks”.
minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down10·1 year agoYup, I was going to grab Like a Dragon last week but saw Denuvo on the sidebar & quickly changed my mind.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoDenuvo is at least understandable when it’s added to a game on launch to curb pirates for that crucial moment. But like a dragon has been cracked for over two years now, it has no business still having Denuvo.
There’s so many games I haven’t bought simply because they used/ implemented Denuvo. I see Denuvo and it’s an instant lost sale/nonbuy.
Worse. Paradoxically, it encourages piracy.
If it has Denuvo it’s basically asking “please, get a pirated version if you want this, because the official version sucks”.
Yup, I was going to grab Like a Dragon last week but saw Denuvo on the sidebar & quickly changed my mind.
Denuvo is at least understandable when it’s added to a game on launch to curb pirates for that crucial moment. But like a dragon has been cracked for over two years now, it has no business still having Denuvo.