Does EA ever remove Denuvo from their games?

[九芫一]

I don't play that many EA games especially not recently so I don't know all of their practices. Do they ever remove Denuvo from their games when they get old/are cracked?

[Butler]

I mean I'm getting 144 frames almost constant. My CPU was running higher than normal but I found a fix for that. Not sure what it matters if this has it.

[lukaself]

Originally posted by 九芫一:

I don't play that many EA games especially not recently so I don't know all of their practices. Do they ever remove Denuvo from their games when they get old/are cracked?

On occasion, it seems to depend more on how much the dev studio cares about DRM to take it up with their publisher after a while.

Originally posted by SpaceButler:

I mean I'm getting 144 frames almost constant. My CPU was running higher than normal but I found a fix for that. Not sure what it matters if this has it.

Performance isn't actually the main issue. Denuvo is a DRM which needs a recurrent online connection but not a constant one so you can play offline for a while. However, the duration of the offline token is at the liberty of the publisher and is never disclosed. If you trigger Denuvo for any reason, it locks you out of the game for 24 hours at which point you need to go back online to re-validate.

You can see it happening on video here: Can't play MH:Rise because of DRM (live in front of 60k viewers)[clips.twitch.tv]
Also if Denuvo servers are down on their side, games without a valid activation token will not start, online or not: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-great-day-for-drm-as-denuvo-lapse-renders-tons-of-games-temporarily-unplayable/

A few developers also came on record citing performance issues for refusing to use it: https://www.pcgamer.com/humankind-drops-denuvo-ahead-of-launch-to-avoid-performance-problems/.

If you want to know more about the technical side of Denuvo without the usual bias of the Steam forums, you can consult this wiki : https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Denuvo