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Major Blow to Denuvo Because Pirates Just Ran Out of Games to Bypass as of April 2026
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why do people still play/buy games with Denuvo,it reduces your fps anyways.
maybe Denuvo is as bad as Kernel level anticheat.
Because modern gaming community believes in ultra-consumerism. "Just buy a $3000 PC to run your $70 AAAA games every 3 years like the rest of us."
Don't forget the €8000 gaming chair, and €4000 custom made in-ear headphones.
And the EA game pass, so you can pay to own nothing.
agreed
Says console bro who probably wasted $2k+ on a 4K TV. Gaming is a luxury in general if you want anything modern.
Ah you mix up. I am the potato pc bro.
Alright I respect the budget bros. Kinda sad that modern gaming is becoming this huge luxury tbh.
I'd guess most players aren't even aware. I play a lot of games (though probably none that have this stuff enabled) and before joining Lemmy I'd never even heard of Denuvo. The average user just buys a game and plays it.
yeah
Because hacker patches are untrustworthy, and may do far worse than lower your FPS, like install Bitcoin miners. I have also not seen reliable, well-documented, cross-game proof of the “lowers your FPS” claim. There have been cherry-picked claims that are often muddied with other patch work, as well as known poor implementations of Denuvo.
I want to support devs. I don’t want risks of malware. I don’t see any discernible issues when installing Denuvo games. I have never been given one salient, convincing argument about Denuvo being bad, just relentless downvotes.
I very much want to make an alternate /games community where whining about Denuvo is banned, not because I like such censorship, but because it seems to be the only way to chat with normal, nuanced people about new releases.
Fps isnt everything
Perhaps. But getting worse fps by buying the official version is pretty silly.
I agree
But extremely important. I e.g. get headaches with anything below 80fps and would instantly refund. I'd rather lower quality than speed.