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[–] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 57 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if they would still hold that opinion if they were locked out of a game they paid $70 for, while the ones that got it for "free" can play it without any restrictions. Piracy is just as much a service issue as it is a money issue.

[–] KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They already are throwing punches because they noticed people being less gullible than them. I'm guessing this would result in a "double down", like "The developers wouldn't have to kill this game if the pirates would have bought it."

[–] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't referring to games being shut down. I was referring to how denuvo stops you from playing the game if it has issues phoning home for whatever reason. My hatred for denuvo began when it locked me out of monster hunter for 24 hours the one time I wanted to come back to playing it.

Ah, well, same spiel though. Also, fuck Denuvo.