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DRM company Denuvo admits it can hurt game performance

The cons are considerable, not least a performance hit which someone from the company testily admitted to

Rob Beschizza
Oct 24, 2024
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Denuvo claims to be the most effective DRM system bundled with games (though it has been cracked over the years) and it works better than others because it integrates closely with the game's code and the hardware it's running on. Once on a computer, the computer becomes an internet-of-things device under the control of an elab…

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