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Apparently a lot of devs included SecuROM in their products not as an actual hindrance to pirates, but to placate investors who are concerned about piracy reduc
by AussieWog93 5y ago
Apparently a lot of devs included SecuROM in their products not as an actual hindrance to pirates, but to placate investors who are concerned about piracy reducing sales.
The people who actually make the software are fully aware that any DRM will be cracked within 48 hours of release (with a few small exceptions).
- alpaca128 5y agoAs far as I know SecuROM is popular because it takes a bit longer to crack, thus helping the publishers secure the critical sales of the first week. Afterwards many studios remove it again to make it actually playable. I guess that's also why AAA games are hyped so much before release, so that many people preorder it.
- AussieWog93 5y agoAhh, fair enough. Thinking about it, that comment was probably from 10 years ago when almost everything was cracked near day one and Steam hadn't yet reached 100% penetration.
- TeMPOraL 5y ago> I guess that's also why AAA games are hyped so much before release, so that many people preorder it. Never thought about it this way, but it does make perfect sense. Thanks!
- skocznymroczny 5y agoSounds like corporate IT buying snake oil "antivirus/data protection" software just to tick some checkboxes on security audits.