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SecuROM Unraveled

39 points by haunter 2y ago

ro5ha4 2y ago
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JohnFen 2y ago
SecuROM and similar was one of several factors that got me to stop buying AAA games, which eventually led to me no longer having computer games as a hobby at all. Which, really, was a good thing for me personally -- it freed up a lot of time and let me discover other things that I got more value out of.
dishaarts 2y ago
Denuvo is modern day SecuROM sans a few of it's features. Impacts performance of games too, in some cases, it's pretty adverse
rasz 2y ago
>it caused CD burner malfunctions >Spore installations damaged burners Say what? The only thing that comes to mind is burner build to a lowest price point, for example using very flimsy Laser sledge build with assumption drive will only be used for linear writes with minimum amount of seeks https://goughlui.com/2025/04/20/project-the-24x-dvd-burning-experience-ft-asus-drw-24d5mt-dvd-burner/#:~:text=The%20other%20side%20is%20supported%20by%20a%20folded%20piece%20of%20sheet%20metal%20with%20lubricant%20smeared%20on%20it https://goughlui.com/2025/04/20/project-the-24x-dvd-burning-... Original PlayStation had similar problems with high seek loads https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps1/CD_drive#:~:text=stuttering%20issues https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps1/CD_drive#:~:text=stuttering%20... and was originally build to last 70K seeks with those crappy plastic sleds https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/06/making-crash-bandicoot-part-5/ https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/06/making-crash-ba... 'Kelly asked Andy if he understood correctly that any move forward or backward in a level entailed loading in new data, a CD “hit.” Andy proudly stated that indeed it did. Kelly asked how many of these CD hits Andy thought a gamer that finished Crash would have. Andy did some thinking and off the top of his head said “Roughly 120,000.” Kelly became very silent for a moment and then quietly mumbled “the PlayStation CD drive is ‘rated’ for 70,000.”'
hofrogs 2y ago
I tried to read the article but every few paragraphs there is a huge AI-generated image with nonsense text, even the "screenshots" have words bleeding into each other
- ironfalcon44 2y ago
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39 points by haunter 2y ago

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SecuROM and similar was one of several factors that got me to stop buying AAA games, which eventually led to me no longer having computer games as a hobby at all. Which, really, was a good thing for me personally -- it freed up a lot of time and let me discover other things that I got more value out of.

dishaarts 2y ago

Denuvo is modern day SecuROM sans a few of it's features. Impacts performance of games too, in some cases, it's pretty adverse

rasz 2y ago

>it caused CD burner malfunctions >Spore installations damaged burners Say what? The only thing that comes to mind is burner build to a lowest price point, for example using very flimsy Laser sledge build with assumption drive will only be used for linear writes with minimum amount of seeks https://goughlui.com/2025/04/20/project-the-24x-dvd-burning-experience-ft-asus-drw-24d5mt-dvd-burner/#:~:text=The%20other%20side%20is%20supported%20by%20a%20folded%20piece%20of%20sheet%20metal%20with%20lubricant%20smeared%20on%20it https://goughlui.com/2025/04/20/project-the-24x-dvd-burning-... Original PlayStation had similar problems with high seek loads https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps1/CD_drive#:~:text=stuttering%20issues https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps1/CD_drive#:~:text=stuttering%20... and was originally build to last 70K seeks with those crappy plastic sleds https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/06/making-crash-bandicoot-part-5/ https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/06/making-crash-ba... 'Kelly asked Andy if he understood correctly that any move forward or backward in a level entailed loading in new data, a CD “hit.” Andy proudly stated that indeed it did. Kelly asked how many of these CD hits Andy thought a gamer that finished Crash would have. Andy did some thinking and off the top of his head said “Roughly 120,000.” Kelly became very silent for a moment and then quietly mumbled “the PlayStation CD drive is ‘rated’ for 70,000.”'

hofrogs 2y ago

I tried to read the article but every few paragraphs there is a huge AI-generated image with nonsense text, even the "screenshots" have words bleeding into each other

ironfalcon44 2y ago
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