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Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by UngodlyAudrey to c/gaming

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Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.

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[–] SlamDrag 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From your source:

With the exception of recently released blockbusters, there is no evidence to support the idea that online copyright infringement displaces sales

Denuvo is used almost exclusively in exactly the scenario where the study supports the idea that piracy hurts sales. I don't think the study helps your case.

[–] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

I've been a hardcore pirate for 30 years. I still buy a lot of games even when empress has broken the denuvo implementation. I always have and always will use piracy in place of a decent playable demo. Consider it market research. If your product is shit, or I finish it in a day then you don't get my money.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, Witcher 3 and cyberpunk 2077 really bombed because they didn't use denuvo. Real shame.

You can really see how much they were affected with PC sales unfortunately outselling the more mainstream consoles because they chose to not protect their game with DRM https://www.techspot.com/news/84781-witcher-3-pc-outsold-all-console-versions-combined.html