Games @sh.itjust.works misk @sopuli.xyz 1w ago

Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Final Fantasy 16

www.dsogaming.com Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Final Fantasy 16

And another one bites the dust. Square Enix has just released a new update for Final Fantasy 16 that removes the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.

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Time for another before/after performance comparison, just for an ignorant Denuvo salestwat to say: "Nuh-Uh"
- Denuvo itself, if correctly implemented, has minimal impact. The thing is most games call it too often or wrongly implements it, which slow things down considerably.
  
  That may be the case, but doesn't change the fact, that games run better without Denuvo.
  
  It also doesn't change the fact that the activation limit is stupid as hell when you are using Linux and every Proton change counts as a new activation.
  
  As far as I know Denuvo also hinders the development of native Linux builds of games.
  
  And if you see video games as art, Denuvo actively stands in the way of preservation.
  
  Obviously it is anti-consumer as you can't do backups, need constant internet convection, if any part of the chain breaks you are screwed out of your game, it hinders mod developers and so on.
  
  Okay, but if lots of games are doing it wrong, it's still Denuvo's fault.
  
  So you admit games simply run better without it.
  
  If very many developers integrating Denuvo are making errors with it, it's because of Denuvo. Their documentation is insufficient or their interface is poorly designed or something. Or maybe their code really is just shit. Most likely some combination of factors. Regardless, I'm not letting them off the hook; this is still their fault as much as it is that of the companies choosing to use it.
  
  Yes, I think you’re right. Games perform better when they call Denuvo less frequently. Therefore, for optimal performance, games should call Denuvo 0 times.
  
  "It's not that it adds overhead on top, it's just that it adds to the top some head over.
I'm sure part of it is to stop paying Denuvo the $20,000+ a month fee to keep it active, but regardless I'm glad they're doing the right thing.
- So, they are losing more money on Denuvo than they would lose on piracy.
A win for preservation. I really wish ubisoft and capcom would start doing this for their older games too.
- I believe Ubisoft also have their own DRM on top but it can be bypassed. Still, annoying stuff.
  
  Yeah its pretty bad that ubisoft games have 3 layers of drm - steam, ubi launcher, denuvo.
  
  It seams like EA is learning and releasing some steam games without the ea launcher, i hope Ubi is next too.
Good riddance. Might be willing to check the game out now.
Yay? I wish they'd made the game more interesting, but I guess that's nice.

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