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.
Yeah, how about... no DRM and instead focus on making games people want to buy. It seems to work well for CD Projekt Red, and surely it would work for others as well.
"When we introduce digital rights management technology to our products, we do it to protect our bottom lineloyal customers. DRM technology enables us to forgo server-authoritative anticheatprovide a more consistent and fair gameplay experience, preventing us from having to spend money on serverscheaters and hackers from impacting your enjoyment. We work extensively with our software vendors to ensure that we add checks everywherethe impact on performance and usability is negligent, and you can't use cheats to bypass our microtransactionsyour experience is optimal. While we understand that some individuals may feel upset with the permissions required by our DRM and anticheat technology, we can assure you that we don't give a fuck abouttake the utmost care in protecting your privacy and safety."
I bought Baldur's Gate 3 on launch day, within the hour, not even realizing the GOG version was DRM-free. We could've pirated the game but all four of my friends bought it.