And it's not like the devs don't have any other choice to curb illegal installs; Cyberpunk 2077 famously dropped without DRM and in a broken state, but it's since established itself as one of the most successful games in recent memory. Of course, we don't condone piracy, but a good game should and will sell on the merit of its quality.
Moreover, piracy is actually shown to increase overall sales, according to a 2017 European Commission report , a few years after Denuvo launched. Illegal users often convert to paying ones. Some people use pirated games as demos before buying the real thing, and many of us pirated games in our childhood, which led us to become part of the hobby as paying adults, adding another customer to the industry.
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vanadiel007 If they want to look on how to fix piracy, look no further than music piracy. That was heavily pursued by the music industry, led to a large amount of copyright violations and convictions, and today music piracy is at an all time low and the music industry completely changed. In the end both the industry and the users now have a much better business model. I can now pay $12/month and have digital access to stream from a music library of +100 million songs, available in minimal CD quality and often HD quality, on as many devices as I have. Why would I bother now having my own library of music? They need to do the same for software: One stop shop where you can get all software available for $12/month. They are however not interested in that so far. Maybe one day. Reply
dion_ That is exactly the kind of thing Steam should force developers to disclose before preorders go live. I am going to wait until (and if) the game is available on GOG, thanks. Reply
Gamer1082 I don't like drm but I understand the reason for it. I have never had much performance issues with it. I know the steam reviews will be terrible but unfair. The reviews should be based on the game not drm. I will still buy the game as it looks amazing. Reply
BillyBuerger vanadiel007 said: Why would I bother now having my own library of music? Or the other option, still maintain your own library and only pay for music when someone makes something worth paying for. Preferably buying direct from the musician so they get as much of the money as possible and not pennies from the streaming companies. The fact that music is almost all DRM free means it's actually possible to maintain a library that you can use as you want. DRM on almost every other type of media means you can't control your use of it and streaming becomes your only option in many cases. Too many movies and anime shows that we like that are owned by Netflix and others are completely unavailable to purchase. Keeping an active subscription is the only way you will every be able to consume the media which is very sad. Reply
salgado18 I can bet that their sales will actually drop, lower brand value, and still have it cracked day one. I wonder why do white collars earn millions to make such obvious bad calls. Reply
Lieutenant Barclay BillyBuerger said: Keeping an active subscription is the only way you will every be able to consume the media You need an eye patch, a hook, a bad case of scurvy, and a parrot to sit on your shoulder. Arrrrgh. Reply
hotaru251 Some people use pirated games as demos before buying the real thing, and many of us pirated games in our childhood more like games use to get demos back then so you could try it out before blowing 30 dollars on it. today if you cant try out a game that costs 70$ prior to buying should be a crime especially given how quality has taken a MASSIVE downfall compared to past and games are released in very VERY low quality. Reply
txfeinbergs vanadiel007 said: If they want to look on how to fix piracy, look no further than music piracy. That was heavily pursued by the music industry, led to a large amount of copyright violations and convictions, and today music piracy is at an all time low and the music industry completely changed. In the end both the industry and the users now have a much better business model. I can now pay $12/month and have digital access to stream from a music library of +100 million songs, available in minimal CD quality and often HD quality, on as many devices as I have. Why would I bother now having my own library of music? They need to do the same for software: One stop shop where you can get all software available for $12/month. They are however not interested in that so far. Maybe one day. You want to know who doesn't have a much better business model? The actual artists that get paid pennies on the dollar for their music. Your panacea for music hurt a lot of artists. You were probably one of the people whining when XBOX Game Pass increased their cost to $29.99. Reply
Lamarr the Strelok If something gets in the way of playing a game that should be taken into account.DRM does that on some pcs.It should be reflected in the review of the game. Reply
Shiznizzle vanadiel007 said: If they want to look on how to fix piracy, look no further than music piracy. That was heavily pursued by the music industry, led to a large amount of copyright violations and convictions, and today music piracy is at an all time low and the music industry completely changed. In the end both the industry and the users now have a much better business model. I can now pay $12/month and have digital access to stream from a music library of +100 million songs, available in minimal CD quality and often HD quality, on as many devices as I have. Why would I bother now having my own library of music? They need to do the same for software: One stop shop where you can get all software available for $12/month. They are however not interested in that so far. Maybe one day. You think music piracy is at an all time low? Google, one of the biggest copyright breakers on the planet has millions of copyrighted works on its platform, youtube. They get away with it by saying that the works are in public domain. Try telling a judge that the reason why you downloaded a copy of copyrighted material was because ti was already in public domain. Apparently only ultra rich multi-nationals get to use weird truth bending reasons as to why they should not be prosecuted for piracy. So far Meta got away with it Reply
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