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Let me preface this by saying that different publishers likely have different implementations of Denuvo checks, and also there are lots of different iterations
by joshschreuder 5y ago
Let me preface this by saying that different publishers likely have different implementations of Denuvo checks, and also there are lots of different iterations of Denuvo.
But from what I've seen there are quite a number of titles with performance impacts out of using Denuvo. Overlord Gaming [1] has some videos with before and after comparisons for games where Denuvo got removed by the publisher. Of course, there could potentially be differences in test methodology or other stuff in the Denuvo removal patches, but there is some pretty interesting findings, eg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKsesO3bdv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKsesO3bdv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zW_1-AEng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zW_1-AEng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSavmI3knQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSavmI3knQ
[1] https://www.youtube.com/c/OverlordGaming/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/OverlordGaming/videos
- speeder 5y agoAlso a notorious case: Final Fantasy XV famously could run the full game using the demo binary, this is how it was "cracked" before launch, when players realized the demo binary could run the preloaded content before release. Only AFTER the official launch, performance complaints started, then people realized the official launch binary, that has Denuvo, has performance issues, while the demo binary, that has no DRM, runs perfectly fine, using the exact same data.