adapter@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 years agoDenuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down14
arrow-up1393arrow-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 · 3 years agomessage-square79linkfedilink
minus-squareHiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·3 years 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-up37·3 years agoWorse. Paradoxically, it encourages piracy.
minus-squareseaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 years 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-up20arrow-down10·3 years 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-up16arrow-down1·3 years 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.