Submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
But removing Denuvo DRM after 12 weeks ‘causes zero mean total revenue loss.’
In my case they’re facing a 100% revenue reduction regardless of when (or whether) it’s cracked.
I’m never going to buy denuvo infested malware, and developers and publishers who try to pull this shit go straight into the blacklist.
I wish I could access this study. From the summary alone I couldn’t tell how one would compare Denuvo vs non Denuvo, when only large publisher use Denuvo, which are more likely to be mainstream and more known and therefore more in total pirated compared to an indie title. How would one measure that a DRM is preventing this revenue loss? We barely have two exactly similar games release at the same time. Gaming us fluctuating, game scores are and therefore the sold numbers, some are brand loyal while for others it counts less etc. How has anyone found a way to calculate that? Some publisher are much more likely to use Denuvo but are also more likely to be pirated because their game releases are much more likely to be buggy, boring or mtx infested.
Paper (proton drive file): drive.proton.me/urls/Z6DPGQCZ0M#GxZ6dDb2oV5W
Credit to @aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com for sharing.
Thanks, it’s a complicated read because of the math approximation, but it’s not a bad study per se. I noted my critiques in the original comment.
Huh. They deleted my post? Or is there a weird lemmy reason why I cant see it in this thread? weird.
I love GOG for its DRM-free games. But still, keeping Denuvo for 12 weeks feels like a great compromise.
As long as their DRM have a performance penalty it’s not a solution. It’s just a way to punish paying customers and discourage potential customers.
This. Any time paying customers get treated worse than pirates, they’re only incentivised to pirate next time. It absolutely blows my mind that corpos seem incapable of figuring that out.
If Denuvo being cracked leads to a measurable and meaningful decrease in revenue, that suggests that enough people would be willing to buy the game even with Denuvo.
When people start speaking with their wallets and stop buying games with Denuvo DRM, then it’d make sense to not have Denuvo. If it’s making a company more money to include it, I can’t blame them for including it during their launch window.
I seldom buy games that were released within the last 12 weeks, so if they removed Denuvo DRM by then, I can’t really complain (at least on my own behalf).
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I won’t buy games with Denuvo, wonder how much it hurts sales overall by just being there.