Why denuvo?

[neuronfly]

What is the reason behind this?

[Melodia]

Same reason it's on any other game.

I'll leave you to decide what that is.

[[PaLaDiNs]SaReF]

Square Enix probably want to sell more units by 20%. The number is taken from this article https://www.thefpsreview.com/2024/10/10/piracy-causes-a-20-drop-in-game-revenue-denuvo-drm-research-shows/

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Why not just buy the game.

[neuronfly]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Same reason it's on any other game.

I'll leave you to decide what that is.

To protect from piracy from third world countries? First world countries doesn't have any piracy because of government and ISP regulation and high middle class income. I don't understand why these multi billion dollar corporations are target fearing third world countries. They should focus on 1st world countries and their customer base with atleast 5 figure salaries.

So I ask once again: Why is Denuvo required?

[neuronfly]

Originally posted by PaLaDiNsSaReF:

Square Enix probably want to sell more units by 20%. The number is taken from this article https://www.thefpsreview.com/2024/10/10/piracy-causes-a-20-drop-in-game-revenue-denuvo-drm-research-shows/

So this article is saying that 20% of the customer base is from third world countries? If thats what this article is trying to prove then its a hoax.

[Reticeo]

Originally posted by neuronfly:

Originally posted by Melodia:

Same reason it's on any other game.

I'll leave you to decide what that is.

To protect from piracy from third world countries? First world countries doesn't have any piracy because of government and ISP regulation and high middle class income. I don't understand why these multi billion dollar corporations are target fearing third world countries. They should focus on 1st world countries and their customer base with atleast 5 figure salaries.

So I ask once again: Why is Denuvo required?

Please say sike.

[helix]

Originally posted by neuronfly:

Originally posted by Melodia:

Same reason it's on any other game.

I'll leave you to decide what that is.

To protect from piracy from third world countries? First world countries doesn't have any piracy because of government and ISP regulation and high middle class income. I don't understand why these multi billion dollar corporations are target fearing third world countries. They should focus on 1st world countries and their customer base with atleast 5 figure salaries.

So I ask once again: Why is Denuvo required?

Oh this is gold. Dumb, but gold.

[REBirthTheEdge]

It's on every games now, except not Bandai Namco (they use Easy Anti-cheat instead).

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by neuronfly:

To protect from piracy from third world countries? First world countries doesn't have any piracy because of government and ISP regulation and high middle class income. I don't understand why these multi billion dollar corporations are target fearing third world countries. They should focus on 1st world countries and their customer base with atleast 5 figure salaries.

So I ask once again: Why is Denuvo required?

Private profile? Check

Mad about first world business practices? Check

Mad about denuvo? Check

Probably has no money? Check

Just go mow some neighbors lawn friend, its only 50 dollars.

[FreshMint]

Originally posted by neuronfly:

Originally posted by Melodia:

Same reason it's on any other game.

I'll leave you to decide what that is.

To protect from piracy from third world countries? First world countries doesn't have any piracy because of government and ISP regulation and high middle class income. I don't understand why these multi billion dollar corporations are target fearing third world countries. They should focus on 1st world countries and their customer base with atleast 5 figure salaries.

So I ask once again: Why is Denuvo required?

Even in first world countries piracy is still pretty common.
The point of Denuvo is usually not to prevent piracy, but to slow it down and help initial sales of a game.
After all: why purchase a game if someone offers it for free somewhere?

Fortunately games with Denuvo can still be played like normal and won't affect the majority of users unless it's poorly implemented.
And otherwise Square has a track record of removing Denuvo from most of their games a while after their releases.

[Yeppes]

any argument for denuvo in this game is pointless
ppl are just playing it through switch emulator

[Forscythe]

Originally posted by Yeppes:

any argument for denuvo in this game is pointless
ppl are just playing it through switch emulator

It's not pointless. You're assuming that everyone who wants to play for free is desperate enough to settle for playing the Switch version. And that's not taking into account that their rigs might not be strong enough to handle emulating as opposed to a native PC port.

This is like saying everyone who pirates movies is willing to accept some low quality version recorded in the theater on someone's phone. They're not.

[Yeppes]

Originally posted by Forscythe:

Originally posted by Yeppes:

any argument for denuvo in this game is pointless
ppl are just playing it through switch emulator

It's not pointless. You're assuming that everyone who wants to play for free is desperate enough to settle for playing the Switch version. And that's not taking into account that their rigs might not be strong enough to handle emulating as opposed to a native PC port.

This is like saying everyone who pirates movies is willing to accept some low quality version recorded in the theater on someone's phone. They're not.

You're vastly underestimating the optimization Switch emulators have these days, besides that kind of people will likely end up just waiting, nobody is going to buy it if that was their intention in the first place.
Denuvo is doing more harm than good and if you think that It's justified then you're just anti-consumer, the margin of people that would normally consider piracy and is going to buy it despite easily accessible emulation and Denuvo is extremely small.

[Unknownsurfin]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Same reason it's on any other game.

I'll leave you to decide what that is.

You mean the fallacy that denuvo protects sales? That has never been proven, in fact any study or r esearch every done on this shows it does not, including financial statements from Baldurs gate cyberpunk ect which never had denuvo

[Unknownsurfin]

Originally posted by Forscythe:

Originally posted by Yeppes:

any argument for denuvo in this game is pointless
ppl are just playing it through switch emulator

It's not pointless. You're assuming that everyone who wants to play for free is desperate enough to settle for playing the Switch version. And that's not taking into account that their rigs might not be strong enough to handle emulating as opposed to a native PC port.

This is like saying everyone who pirates movies is willing to accept some low quality version recorded in the theater on someone's phone. They're not.

Switch emulation is easire to run the native PC port. Denuvo has never proven to protect sales and never will because it actually reduces it. Many people in the tens of thousands including myself refuse to buy products which use denuvo :)