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Fans Cancel Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Pre-Orders Because of Denuvo. (80.lv)
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[–] [email protected] 127 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can’t wait for the day when Denuvo ends up scaring away more legitimate customers than it actually helps to sell the game. It seems like we are slowly getting there :')

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's way past that point long ago.

But shareholders don't understand that, so publishers will continue forcing developers to use it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're living in a bubble. Most gamers don't know and don't care about it

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't see this as refuting the previous point because those who don't know nor care about Denuvo probably wouldn't be pirating the game regardless. Pirates and entrenched enthusiasts are the ones in the know, so the real question is how many pirates actually purchase games they otherwise wouldn't versus enthusiasts who refrain because of its inclusion.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

There was a recent report, it only helps during the first few months of sales according to a very flimsy study that was done.

It suggests that it only saves a mean of 15% total revenue during the first 12 weeks.

Though remember, these figures are all just theoretical projections of sales. Basically just "well we believe we should have made this much revenue. So if we don't make it, it means we lost potential revenue, not that we simply didn't make as much as we thought we would."

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

I can't wait until some major vulnarability in Denuvo pops up and either gets widely exploited or AV programs start to warn against it due to security risks