@adapter@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 years agoDenuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down14cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orglinux_gaming@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.worldPCGaming@kbin.socialgaming@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1395arrow-down1external-linkDenuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”arstechnica.com@adapter@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orglinux_gaming@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.worldPCGaming@kbin.socialgaming@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish70•2 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-square@Mereo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish36•2 years agoWorse. Paradoxically, it encourages piracy.
minus-square@seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoIf it has Denuvo it’s basically asking “please, get a pirated version if you want this, because the official version sucks”.
minus-squareJaysynlinkfedilink10•2 years agoYup, I was going to grab Like a Dragon last week but saw Denuvo on the sidebar & quickly changed my mind.
minus-squareJohnEdwalinkfedilink15•2 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.