Explain Denuvo DRM

[Memorex]

can someone explain Denuvo DRM?


the only thing I understand it requires a constant internet connection.

what harm does to game performance?
what happens if denuvo is removed from a game after couple years or is it permanent?
does it truly help to fight piracy
why developers seek denuvo to be part of the game what pros/cons ?

please be polite. And if possible, explain in a professional manner

[blunus]

This should help you...
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/DenuvoGames/discussions/0/208684375411680632/

1. No it don't do harm to game performance. It's an old myth created when Denuvo was introduced. Amazing, it's still rise nowadays despite it's been disproven.
2. Nothing really. Removing Denuvo is up to the game devs if they want.
3. No, it doesn't help, seeing Denuvo games are still cracked.
4. See topic above.

[Haruspex]

Denuvo is an anti-tamper and DRM Middleware developed by an Austrian company. Games with Denuvo implemented require online activation. It assigns a unique token to each valid copy of the game depending on factors like the user's hardware. It's one of the more difficult to circumvent DRM implementations.

Denuvo has received criticism for high CPU usage and writing to storage causing performance issues and a reduction in the life span of SSDs. Denuvo denies these claims. I has been demonstrated in Tekken 7 and Sonic Mania that the Denuvo implementation has caused a decreased level of performance in several areas. Testing has shown that the same games without Denuvo exhibit higher frame rates overall than with Denuvo.

Last year attention was brought to Denuvo's requirement for online activation when several games were rendered unplayable due to a domain name expiring.

When Denuvo works it typically works invisibly to most users. The average end user won't even know Denuvo is implemented unless they are told so. Still, many object purely on principle.

[RiO]

Originally posted by 8bitbeard:

Denuvo is an anti-tamper and DRM Middleware developed by an Austrian company.

And for a bit of history: Denuvo anti-tamper DRM was largely developed by the same people that developed SecuROM at a company formerly known as DigitalWorks.
DigitalWorks used to be an arm of Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC) but was formed into Denuvo and subsequently headquartered in Austria by a management buyout. Its owner is Irdeto; a Dutch company specializing in DRM technology for broadcast TV.

They've been around the block.
SecuROM has also been critized for much the same reasons as Denuvo anti-tamper. Microsoft eventually put an end to SecuROM, because it removed an inherently insecure system API that SecuROM continued to rely on - and MS were tired of mitigating the security hole to try and keep their users safe, simply for SecuROM's convenience who were unwilling to provide a comprehensive migration off of that API for users/clients past and present.

That should really tell you all you need to know about the company's general attitude.
Microsoft literally had to give their old product the boot and force it off of their OS, because they weren't going to clean house themselves.

[Memorex]

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[SpaYco]

Originally posted by blunus:

1. No it don't do harm to game performance. It's an old myth created when Denuvo was introduced. Amazing, it's still rise nowadays despite it's been disproven.

Except that it does... You can search any benchmark on YouTube, or do your own benchmark.

Ex: https://youtu.be/5y_bab5wtHY

How much are they paying you?

[blunus]

Originally posted by SpaYco:

Originally posted by blunus:

1. No it don't do harm to game performance. It's an old myth created when Denuvo was introduced. Amazing, it's still rise nowadays despite it's been disproven.

Except that it does... You can search any benchmark on YouTube, or do your own benchmark.

Ex: https://youtu.be/5y_bab5wtHY

How much are they paying you?

Sorry but performance isn't a problem anymore. Thank you for digging up this dead thread 2 years later really.

[Dieter]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.