If Denuvo's main value really is in fending off piracy at launch, it might be time for publishers to reconsider whether less than a week of protection is worth it, considering how unpopular Denuvo is with PC gamers. Dozens of games were unplayable at the weekend thanks to a fault with Denuvo DRM A Denuvo domain went offline this past weekend, and it resulted in a swathe of games being unplayable on PC. Only about a dozen games have launched with Denuvo this year, at least according to Crackwatch, but those that have been cracked have been cracked fast. Launch day may be the most important for sales, but six days is still a very narrow window for DRM to be effective. What’s interesting is that most Denuvo games released last year took longer to crack. In 2019, multiple Denuvo games have been available to pirate the same week they launched. ![]() In 2018, it was common for Denuvo cracks to take weeks or months, with some big exceptions like a day zero crack for Final Fantasy 15. In cases like Rime like you said, it affected performance. It all depends on how many calls the DRM makes back home. Denuvo or not, the game will still run at a high framerate. ![]() Doom, for example has Denuvo removed and there wasnt a performance gain from that. ![]() Hitman 2 and Just Cause 2 were both cracked within a day, but Assassin's Creed: Odyssey took 36 days, FIFA 19 took 63, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider took 64. Doesnt matter if they have Denuvo or not. Scrolling down into 2018, and the crack times are generally much longer.
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