And even if you don't yet, you probably will after reading it.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/12/evidence-continues-to-mount-about-how-bad-denuvo-is-for-pc-gaming-performance/
One of the biggest arguments against anti-piracy checks built into video games (commonly known as "digital rights management," or DRM) is that they punish paying customers with stuttering, loading times, and other detractive gameplay issues. While leading DRM vendor Denuvo has long claimed that its tools don't hamper video games, the stats keep piling up to suggest otherwise.
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But I guess the alternative is games as a service...
Dunno which is worse.
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The devs usually partner with denuvo to make sure the game isn't cracked for at least a small while, during the initial sales of the game. I want to see whether or not it actually helps the game sales, or hampers it. Does the few people who were willing to buy it when they couldn't pirate it outweigh the people who didn't want denuvo and didn't buy it?
This. You buy the game, and it is yours forever.
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Even with Battlefield 1, running Black Desert or some other process makes it drop under 100 FPS which it shouldn't on a system like mine given the amount of resources it has, but this is due to Denuvo anti-tamper checks, and encryption methods at the time I didn't even know Battlefield 1 used Denuvo, Now I know why I had performance issues.
No game company should have the right to dictate how the user can use their pc by eating up additional resources that are not required.
- Games are often C****** before release
- C****** very shorty after release
- Cause perforamce impact
- Maybe unplayable 10 years later or earlier / longer (you should own your games.)
The funds are better put into Game Development, and as we have seen with games like The Witcher series, it doesn't matter if a few people decide to pirate the game when they end up making millions off the game anyways because it's a great game that eventually the people who did pirate end up buying the game anyways.
(Opinion) Perhaps if developers would stop making bad games like "Dragon Age 2" and beyond taking what a great game series it was and throwing it down the drain IMO more people would be buying.
To me - DA1 had a really emotional ending, just as "Hatred" on "Steam" has a Emotional feeling of being an active shooter in a simulated world, but Dragon Age 2, and above did not have or feel the same way at all to me thus I never bought any of the new series.
But everytime I hear Denuvo, and see a game is single player I am like you mean Free 2 Play game?
I got no problem with "Serial Codes" or "Steam DRM" but problem is everything created by a human can be C******.
It is tough to fully understand these tests because it is possible if a site or person is trying to dramatize the results we could be seeing non factual results.
Ok so doing a little homework.
Just because the DRM is passed,the triggers still go off and continue to slow the game down.So like i said there are likely technical stuff we don't understand and are being exploited here to dramatize this video.
Ok lmao,i was typing this while video running.I see this video is talking about exactly what i am talking about.So the author talks about the only TRUE denuvo removed version "Mankind game" of ,instead of the denuvo bypassed games.So he says he went out and bought the legit version both on Steam and the version with Denuvo fully removed.
Here is my thought however,WHY did he show all the other results if he knows full well they are inaccurate because they only utilize cracked versions and not full Denuvo removal?Like i said,hard to trust someone who has it out for Denuvo and trying to dramatize the video.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
By the time a company removes Denuvo the hype is already over and they have lost sales anyways.
Yes it's a crappy situation either way, but Developers are losing money to.
- Pay the fees for Denuvo
- 30% Through Steam, or other publishers.
But developers if they wanted their own game don't even need to sale it on a platform they can make their own platform, and website / domain name really doesn't cost much.
Indie games it's less of an issue.
One of the reasons Aqua Man was released in China first is piracy.
Games as a service solves the problem better then DRM. Don't blame games as a service because some (well most) studios do it badly. Blame the specific studios. There is no reason for studios to have branded logins. Nobody needs another login to manage. Done right you should be able to just one click authenticate against a third party you already have an account with like google or a selection of social networks.
As an indie I'm completely on board with games as a service. But I'm also determined to make it non intrusive and not get in the way, which is not hard to do. It's all the other things studios want to use it to force on you that is the real problem.
First of all. It has nothing to do about piracy. Its just a monopoly. You cant buy MMO its not a game, its product that they let you rent. They control everything. (Yeah, yeah even those almighty cheaters is a myth too, cause its profitabe). (I meant seriously : "I got banned in GTA, because some cheater gave me money." Is it really that hard to make it so you can loot money only from your friends? Not to mention that the game suppose to be not client, but server based. Ive seen how fast devs patch those exploits in f2p games, why these BIG companies cant? Because they dont want to).
Now they want to control everything in SINGLE PLAYER games too. They put all those VIRUSES -
ANTICHEAT, DENUVO, RED SHELL (and who knows what else).
Ive been playing mmo, so i missed out alot of BS what happened. About 2 years ago i quit GW2 and MHO was shut down, so i didnt have anything to play and i was super bored.
My brother likes SP games, he suggested to try some of his games on steam. I tried, and i was shocked. THEY ARE SO BORING! And insanely overpriced. How can small game that can be completed in (10hrs) one day can cost so much?! Plus cut in bazillion DLCs.
And now they add MACROTRANSACTIONS. Devs add MMO features to the SP games. Like (empty) open world, stupid repetitive side quests, farm, grind, loot boxes. And ofcourse if you want do it faster you can buy booster for real money.
PAY FOR GAME.
PAY FOR DLC (season pass).
PAY FOR EXTRA STUFF.
And thats their excuse. PIRACY, blame mythical pirates.
But those games are still look like for lil kids. They have no ideas, they dont even optimize games anymore, they release them hundreds every month and expect people have not only money, but time to play. Even those games are look like the same.
Seriously wtf is AAA? Another myth. All those games look like outdated indi. They made up all this BS because devs are lazy and publishers are greedy.
All games that was release this year already have 50% (or more) off. THATS SCAM!!!! (Even i bought summerset and its already 50% off).
Seriuosly they say they need DENUVO because they need good sales in the first month.
And on second month they do 50% off. LOLZ. I dont get how people cant see that its pure monopoly, because its not about getting the game for free. Its because theres only ONE place where you can get it and only ONE (crazy) price that they put on it.
Crew 2 was release in june. Afaik without multiplayer. WTF? (There was beta so i played it, for about 20mins, heh. Its just awfull, not only i woudnt pay that much for racing game. But its because i played better racing games like about 12 years ago.) My brother has crew 1. (he got it for free)So i decided to check it out. Wow, crew 2 is worse thatn first one. It looks like they didnt even bother with story, they just did same BS like in Watch dogs 2 - you do stunts for twitch, and get follwers. I feel like its for 10-12 years old.
Then they did 45% off (in oct). After that there was free weekend i think. Then 60% off, and now its 67%.
Seriously?! I dont undrstand that preorder thing (buy game now before it even released and then wait for all dlc came out....like a year, when game already be on sale), but this is even worse.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Gold Edition/Defenitive edition. Not only crazy price scam, but also they tried loot boxes.
FINAL FANTASY XV. Release in march. 33% off in april and 50% in jun. And they end up canceling DLC.
I bought Sims city (5) on release (physical copy). I think that when it all started with control. This game required always intrenet connection. Didnt worked out. Issues was so big so they offered free game. But even after that they said "its impossible to make offline mode". Look what happened. LIES they always LIE! Because that game was BORING and they knew that, so they tried to pull "its fun with others" excuse.
And now they do that AGAIN with Anthem. LOLZ. (because denuvo didnt work).
( My brother bought MEA on black friday.)
Same thing did Konami with MGS Survive. But its even worse, because theres no content at all. Its should be f2p multiplayer tower defence. Because thats all what that game has. All story is about this BS, but it force you to do it ALONE. And theres nothing to survive, its just anime/VN story.
Thats why i dont have any hopes for F76. And im kinda worry about TESO. I hope its not going f2p in 2019.
Another example - I have D3 and all expacks. (Bought all on release, D3 and ROS physical). It wasnt pirated - look what happened. They tried to make casino with real money (like steam does atm) didnt worked out. They milked DEAD game by selling it on consoles (switch, really? Like skyrim
And most important , all those SP games that you buy on steam dont even belong to you, but valve.