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hotaru251 Denuvo unable to stop crackers which is going to be a big issue if they can't long term as that is their entire business model and its been bypassed for a long time now. Basically being paid to make buying customers get treated worse. Reply
circadia hotaru251 said: which is going to be a big issue if they can't long term as that is their entire business model and its been bypassed for a long time now. Basically being paid to make buying customers get treated worse. meh, they'll survive if not even thrive. Companies will continue to pay them millions, and their DRM still deters enough people from pirating to not be too concerned about leaks or whatever else. Reply
TerryLaze circadia said: and their DRM still deters enough people Their DRM got cracked a month before the game was released…how is that deterring anybody?!? Pirates don't even need to wait until release to play, if they had to wait a month or two after release it would make many of them buy the game. Reply
circadia TerryLaze said: Their DRM got cracked a month before the game was released…how is that deterring anybody?!? Pirates don't even need to wait until release to play, if they had to wait a month or two after release it would make many of them buy the game. think I got it wrong a bit, but either way: people will still buy the game anyway, it's not like they care all that much about Denuvo… Reply
wolfferth circadia said: think I got it wrong a bit, but either way: people will still buy the game anyway, it's not like they care all that much about Denuvo… Nah, I'm still waiting for RE9 without denuvo. Only buyers are supporting it. 😀 Patience is a virtue. Reply
circadia wolfferth said: Nah, I'm still waiting for RE9 without denuvo. Only buyers are supporting it. 😀 Patience is a virtue. me too actually lol, I even never buy any games with Denuvo, even when they're less than 5 USD, period. Nevertheless, Denuvo and other DRMs seem to be mostly there just so by the time the game launches, people will have to buy the game to play instead of going to piracy (most of the time), tbh. Reply
das_stig Games studios still don't get it after decades of fighting pirates, we acknowledge they need to make money for future development etc but when the games, are overpriced poorly written buggy ports, with sub par gaming experience, there no incentive to buy the original. Back in the day prices far more reasonable and people wanted the CD boxes etc, even pay extra for fancy boxsets, expansions. Now it's just pure greed ! Reply
TerryLaze das_stig said: Games studios still don't get it after decades of fighting pirates, we acknowledge they need to make money for future development etc but when the games, are overpriced poorly written buggy ports, with sub par gaming experience, there no incentive to buy the original. Back in the day prices far more reasonable and people wanted the CD boxes etc, even pay extra for fancy boxsets, expansions. Now it's just pure greed ! Game studios watch console game sales though….they know that their games do in fact sell well as long as people can't just pirate them immediately. That's why big games come out on PC half a year, if not more, later. Reply
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