• yesman@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Just another reason to wait long after release to buy a game. Denuvo charges games companies to administer the DRM infrastructure and most developers will strip it out of their games after it’s been out for a while.

    Buying games on launch is one of the most anti-customer experiences you can get. And that’s saying something in our wonderful capitalist economy

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      22 days ago

      Buying a game post-launch:

      • Better prices; often on sale.
      • Fixed and patched up.
      • Extra content often included.
      • DRM often removed.

      No brainer, imo.

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        22 days ago

        You forgot a bonus point:

        • Hardware requirements are now easier/cheaper to meet/exceed.
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        22 days ago

        Preordering games: I need this digital product before jt goes up in price or runs out of copies!

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        21 days ago

        Remember when games used to, at least sometimes… do actual internal beta testing to iron out performance bugs and such?

        Now we are all alpha and beta testers, all the time.

        Sometimes even AAA and ‘AAAA’ games release, and then unrelease before the alpha or beta is even done!

        Yeah, patient gaming for me, haven’t preordered or gone into an early access game in almost a decade now…

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      22 days ago

      Pirating single player games is unfortunately the way to go, considering you BUY a single player game and STILL get fucked on it.

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        22 days ago

        Pirating is getting so hard for me that it’s becoming not an option. Comcast has started blocking vpn nodes for me, but only of I am torrenting. And if I turn off the vpn, DMCA notices out the ass. I’m kinda stuck.

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          22 days ago

          What VPN and where are you located?

          Couple things you can do, try changing your router DNS to quad9 or open DNS, make sure you’re not using Comcast default DNS servers.

          Try a new VPN provider, I’ve been using Torguard for almost a decade, zero issues, there are discount codes where you can get it for $29/year.

          I have a dedicated desktop for seeding, I upload about 1TB per day on soulseek/nicotine+ and torrents.

          https://youtu.be/xAo61IaXun8

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            22 days ago

            Thank you, you’re a god among men. I use a pihole for DNS, but I will give Torguard a try because I’ve been thinking of getting rid of private internet access since they went all corporate.

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              22 days ago

              Pihole is fine, just make sure it’s not using the Comcast DNS settings. I have a pihole instance also that I use to block ads.

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      22 days ago

      They also typically go on really good sales right around the time denuvo gets removed.