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It is still profitable to add Denuvo for game publishers, because most sales happen in the first week.
However, technology website Ars Technica noted that most sales for major games happen within 30 days of release, and so publishers may consider Denuvo a success if it meant a game took significantly longer to be cracked
Some people even wait until the game appears DRM-free on GOG, because of this.
It is still profitable to add Denuvo for game publishers, because most sales happen in the first week.
It is still profitable to add Denuvo for game publishers, because most sales happen in the first week.
You are assuming that everyone purchasing a game, would not purchase it if they could download a pirated version. Call me naive, but I like to think that a lot of people that have the money to purchase a game in the first week, would still purchase it even if a cracked version is available. Just look at the billions of revenue earned by Spotify and iTunes before it, even if most music is available on release date (or…
Before it’s cracked they will probably buy it because of how excited they are and FOMO
The thing is, this DRM stuff causes a lot of problems, like performance loss and even crashes. Therefore even honest buyers use the cracks, to get rid of it. Some people even wait until the game appears DRM-free on GOG, because of this.
The thing is, this DRM stuff causes a lot of problems, like performance loss and even crashes. Therefore even honest buyers use the cracks, to get rid of it. Some people even wait until the game appears DRM-free on GOG, because of this.
I suspect that at least 99.9% of PC game buyers don't even know whether a game has something like Denuvo or not.
The thing is, this DRM stuff causes a lot of problems, like performance loss and even crashes. Therefore even honest buyers use the cracks, to get rid of it. Some people even wait until the game appears DRM-free on GOG, because of this.
I suspect that at least 99.9% of PC game buyers don't even know whether a game has something like Denuvo or not.
PC Gaming may be mainstream now but in its nerdier days awareness of cracking was quite high... and I imagine it still is among demographics that cannot afford to plunk down $60 for the latest whatever-they-want
Does someone know if insiders are releasing the cracks or are these cracking groups independent?
Denuvo state themselves that it only protects for certain period not infinitely so probably it is just hackers not releasing cracks immediately due to multiple possible reasons:
1) legal action if published got his 2-3 months when sales are at peak they are less likely to go after the crackers
2) games are often released very buggy thanks to online patching available, so they just wait for games to stabilize as not to update cracks weekly
3) less demand for cracks due to steam and sales, I feel like people wait for sales or prices to drop off in general
The thing is, this DRM stuff causes a lot of problems, like performance loss and even crashes. Therefore even honest buyers use the cracks, to get rid of it. Some people even wait until the game appears DRM-free on GOG, because of this.