How come pirates get access the to the game earlier than people who paid?

[Darrand]

I know it's the deluxe thing but It just pisses me off as a buyer watching my friends who pirate the game get earlier access, I mean isn't denuvo supposed to prevent that?

[Laenthor]

Denuvo doesn't stop anything, a few months ago they had another exploit discovered and until companies get a newer version of it, all the games are going to get cracked in a matter of hours.

[CheeseBoar]

A) Denuvo barely works.

B) Atlus and SEGA accidentally ("accidentally") released a Denuvo-free version of the game, but they're not going to patch it out for paying customers.

[Dleppard]

I dont even know how a denuvo free version can even get leaked. Does that mean there is a mole in the dev team? Same thing happened with persona 4 golden.

[Malio]

If Denuvo lasts less than 2 hours they can get a refund, I’m sure. 😉

[Bronydell]

If everyone had access to the game on 19th, I think it would have been fine by me, but others who pre-ordered Deluxe Edition might be disappointed due to the fact that they have payed more money just for early access while others got it too (stupid logic, but people still complain when ex-exclusive games from consoles to to other consoles or PCs)

[Kaldaien]

Who are these friends? Let's report them to the authorities :)

[Gouki]

they got access to the Digital Deluxe Edition which had four days early access .

[Evangela]

So the anti-PC developers got their game stolen even before release? Ooh, how sad!

[fibyar]

Originally posted by Dleppard:

I dont even know how a denuvo free version can even get leaked.

- Tanaka-san, do not forget to add Denuvo to the game before release.
- Ok! (The game releases on 23rd, I'll make a notifier on 22nd.)
On the 19th:
- Tanaka-san! Did you add the Denovo in our game!?
- Not yet. But don't worry, I still have 4 days.
- But Deluxe buyers could start to play today!
- Wait, what!?

Something like this?

[Larry the Carry]

But there’s still no pirated version of Valhalla or RE3 out there

[Dr.Octagonapus]

Well keep in mind, that some people like to try the game before buying it, im not saying piracy is a good thing, or a bad thing, strictly neutral. But with steams 2 hour refund I suppose that is a good time to refund it, but ya they did do the deluxe thingy which I could understand why they get to play it before others who paid. So in reality, you should blame the people who bought the deluxe and sent all the files through out the web. Otherwise people wouldnt pirate the game, if those people never sent out the files.

[Kurosu]

Originally posted by Future-Proof:

A) Denuvo barely works.

B) Atlus and SEGA accidentally ("accidentally") released a Denuvo-free version of the game, but they're not going to patch it out for paying customers.

Because they paid for it it lasts for a period of time ( a year i think ? )

So might as well use it.

Honestly its hard not to see all the people complaining about Denuvo as mere pirates. The cost of the game is the same, so there is no reason to complain unless you never planned to buy the game to begin with.

[FhqwhTODD]

Originally posted by Darrand:

I mean isn't denuvo supposed to prevent that?

The game has no denuvo. At least the prerelease version doesn't. Since there was no update yet it still doesn't.

[FhqwhTODD]

Originally posted by Kurosu:

Honestly its hard not to see all the people complaining about Denuvo as mere pirates. The cost of the game is the same, so there is no reason to complain unless you never planned to buy the game to begin with.

There is a performance impact of Denuvo. It is noticable. But that is the only reason to complain.
Denuvo used to work really well to reduce piracy but it gets cracked faster and faster. Honestly licensing it for more than a month is useless nowadays.

[Kurosu]

Originally posted by Gottkaiser Fhqwhgod:

Originally posted by Kurosu:

Honestly its hard not to see all the people complaining about Denuvo as mere pirates. The cost of the game is the same, so there is no reason to complain unless you never planned to buy the game to begin with.

There is a performance impact of Denuvo. It is noticable. But that is the only reason to complain.
Denuvo used to work really well to reduce piracy but it gets cracked faster and faster. Honestly licensing it for more than a month is useless nowadays.

That is a myth/not proven . Its easier for people to blame Denuvo/ game optimisation etc etc etc rather than consider the posibility that performance issues are from their hardware.

I have played a lot of games with Denuvo, never had performance issues. Ever. Especially not this game.

In fact a friend of mine that pirated the cracked Version of strikers expierenced a ton of issues during the weekend that I did not.

Deal with facts , not hypothesis