Denuvo and DRM punish the consumer, legendary PC developer says
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Postal developer Running With Scissors, creator of some of the most infamous shooters on PC, says the gaming industry deserves “better” than Denuvo and DRM.

Quote from the article: “The inclusion of intrusive DRM softwares [sic] like Denuvo is a choice that yields an unfair punishment on the consumer,” Running With Scissors says. “Respect the consumer, make a game they want to play, and you will never feel the need to fight piracy. The gaming industry deserves a better future, fight for that.”

        • Fraylor@lemm.eeEnglish
          16·
          10 months ago

          What is it with clowns like this digging their heels in and blaming literally anything but the precious MBAs that are plaguing and ruining literally everything about modern society.

          • Piers@beehaw.orgEnglish
            11·
            10 months ago

            In the comment you replied to they meant video game development companies by “developers” not the individual employees at those companies who do the actual work of developing games. Typically the actions of video game development companies are driven by the MBAs who have most of the big picture decision making power rather than the individual employees who develop the games.

        • Spore@lemmy.mlEnglish
          13·
          10 months ago

          the developer chooses to work with these publishers beforehand

          What kind of paradise are you living in?

          • gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            The developer company has a choice. They rather maybe not prefer it, but that’s what it is. But saying the word “hate” is wrong.

        • kebabslob@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          141·
          10 months ago

          Bruh… Developing is a job. Hello? You ever have a job before? The developers don’t just work for there selves? Knock knock who’s there? Oh nobody, just, ya know a BOSS… Ya mighta heard of it? No, I don’t mean the movie Boss Baby

          • Piers@beehaw.orgEnglish
            22·
            10 months ago

            Everyone in this thread is failing to understand that “developers” in this context can mean both “people who develop videogames” and “businesses that develop videogames.” As the people who develop videogames are not always the ones who make decisions like this at businesses that develop videogames those two different things that everyone is using the same word for often have opposing positions on the matter.

        • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
          8·
          10 months ago

          Lol what

          In most cases, the studios that can afford denuvo are also owned by the publisher. Like Sega, ea, and Activision.

    • hex@programming.devEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Nah the Devs definitely get forced to use Denuvo by corporate… Stockholders and such. Denuvo gets advertised as the best anti piracy method and stockholders see that and say I want that in our game.

    • Mars@beehaw.orgEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      So why would anyone hate Denuvo? Nobody is forcing you to play Denuvo-using games. It was your choice.

    • azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Not if you work for a massive publisher.

      edit: or if you publish under one. It’s likely in your contract. Devs really don’t want to use it, but they are required to do so.