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francross Sep 17, 2024 @ 6:21pm

Denuvo Anti-tamper = No buy

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Originally posted by lukaself:

Originally posted by Mendo Shutaro:
Have fun playing board games/staring at the wall, as virtually all games use Denuvo. Get used to it, or get a new hobby, as it 'aint going away.

You're funny. This year only 30 games used Denuvo, 45% less than last year. There are above 15k games releasing on Steam every year, among them more than 500 AA and AAA.

You could literally play good games for years without touching a single game with Denuvo.

The best part? The top seller for any given year this past decade has always been a DRM-free game.

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Mendo Shutaro Nov 2, 2024 @ 3:38pm

Have fun playing board games/staring at the wall, as virtually all games use Denuvo. Get used to it, or get a new hobby, as it 'aint going away.

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lukaself Nov 2, 2024 @ 3:47pm

Originally posted by Mendo Shutaro:
Have fun playing board games/staring at the wall, as virtually all games use Denuvo. Get used to it, or get a new hobby, as it 'aint going away.

Last edited by lukaself; Nov 2, 2024 @ 3:49pm

Korinth Nov 4, 2024 @ 9:34am

Ok bye

Malachi De Lucifage Nov 6, 2024 @ 6:32am

Seems like the only people with a problem with DENUVO are the one's that don't want to buy it but wait until it gets cracked and bootlegged on one of those torrent sites.

zpc Nov 14, 2024 @ 7:37am

Originally posted by Malachi De Lucifage:
Seems like the only people with a problem with DENUVO are the one's that don't want to buy it but wait until it gets cracked and bootlegged on one of those torrent sites.

Seems that only people who want Denuvo are paid shills.

There - wrote the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like you did. Easy-peasy.

AGlezB Nov 14, 2024 @ 8:14am

I had it in my wishlist since it was announced. Now it's in my Ignore list. I would be so very sad if I didn't have so many other games to play.

zpc Nov 14, 2024 @ 8:32am

Originally posted by AGlezB:
I had it in my wishlist since it was announced. Now it's in my Ignore list. I would be so very sad if I didn't have so many other games to play.

Exactly.

Dr Spaceman Nov 16, 2024 @ 8:00am

I’m right there with you. Denuvo makes things run like crap. I’ll wait until they remove it or just not get it at all.

BEEP! Mar 21 @ 10:53am

Yep and it's Rebellion so Denuvo will never be removed, at least since it's Rebellion it'l be a day one gamepass launch.

Kip Killsagain Mar 21 @ 4:28pm

Originally posted by lukaself:
Originally posted by Mendo Shutaro:
Have fun playing board games/staring at the wall, as virtually all games use Denuvo. Get used to it, or get a new hobby, as it 'aint going away.
You're funny. This year only 30 games used Denuvo, 45% less than last year. There are above 15k games releasing on Steam every year, among them more than 500 AA and AAA.

You could literally play good games for years without touching a single game with Denuvo.

The best part? The top seller for any given year this past decade has always been a DRM-free game.

I'm pretty sure Black Myth: Wukong was a top seller, but I have to generally agree with the rest of your response.

I have very little concern with DenuvNO affecting performance since my PC hardware is fairly good (although performance can still be impacted due to internet, etc). BUT there's the fact that the game is tethered to a third party which can cause issues IN A SINGLE-PLAYER GAME! And also this affects modding in a negative way.

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lukaself Mar 21 @ 6:34pm

Originally posted by Kip Killsagain:
I'm pretty sure Black Myth: Wukong was a top seller, but I have to generally agree with the rest of your response.

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

According to the numbers announced by both companies in the beginning of this year, Palworld ended up surpassing Wukong for the title of top seller for the games released in 2024 on the long term - they have also managed to keep more than twice the number of concurrent players currently despite Wukong releasing way later than Palword. According to the languages of the Steam reviews, 88% of the sales of Wukong came from a single country, not to say that Wukong is a bad game, though - it just means that it is an outlier which benefited from exceptional circumstances that can't be used to judge the rest of the titles using that solution.

It's just that DRM-free/indie games consistently demonstrate that they tend to have a longer tail of sales. For instance, Terraria, Stardew Valley remained best sellers for a decade or close to, Baldur's Gate 3 was top seller in 2023, in the top 10 for 2024 and it's likely to stay in the top 10 for 2025 as well. It's the same for The Witcher, CP2077, Hollow Knight, Valheim, Hades... It's clear that the paradigm about "release sales being the more important" DRM peddlers insist so much on isn't that suitable for PC titles which require a long-term approach with careful community management and goodwill: PC gamers are usually more patient, tend to wait for sales and have more and better options to pay less for their games.

And yeah, my concern isn't with performance either but rather with the arbitrary limits and additional online requirements. I'm not interested in having to constantly ask permission to a third party to play a game I bought.

Last edited by lukaself; Mar 22 @ 1:02am

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