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Anti-piracy company Denuvo is tired of gamers saying its DRM is bad for games: "It's super hard to see, as a gamer, what is the immediate benefit" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Denuvo does nothing of what you mention. It's a DRM that hurts performance and gives a shitty experience for people actually buying the games. Not wanting 3rd party programs installed on your PC is a normal stance. Even Steam is a 3rd party program that technically shouldn't be there. It gives lots of benefits to the players though, that's why people put up with it. Same for every shitty launcher every game studio pushes into their game.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Right - that’s why I’m confused about Kraxx’s stance. He/she generalized to not liking “3rd party anything” which just seemed ridiculous to me. One way or another, our games are built around tons of 3rd-party software. Launchers are the more visible portion of that, but there’s plenty of others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's why I avoid games with launchers for the most part. I also specified what I meant by third party software, I could have worded that more concisely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Launchers are also shit and should be eliminated. Aside from Steam who actually put in the work to make a decent one.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I never said I was in favor of launchers, either - they're annoying. I only pointed out they're the visible ones. I'm trying to figure out just how far the hate for "everything 3rd-party" goes. I'm trying to qualify the statement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm helping by providing direct evidence that gamers hate even mild inconveniences. I have hatred in my heart and soul for the EA launcher, for the Ubisoft launcher and for any other 3rd party launcher that isn't steam.

Anything that isn't the game itself is worthy of hate if it does anything but enhance the enjoyment of the game.