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.