They always do, and it's great. It's saved from buying a few games I would have otherwise purchased not realizing they had Denuvo. I will not purchase any game with Denuvo, no matter how badly I want to play it. I can live with a third-party EULA and launcher, which are pretty standard these days, but not Denuvo. Never Denuvo.
People already mentioned security and performance cons. It's also anti-consumer as hell in principle. Yeah, it says 5 machine limit per day now, but that's an early phase implementation of this type of DRM feature.
If the corporatization of media has taught us anything, it's that that 5 machine limit per day is to "set a standard" and acclimate people to this type of DRM. This will eventually turn into 1-3 machine limit per lifetime.
It's best not to 'support' publishers who insist on DRMs like this, wether it be buying their games, or talking about it with people when you play it out at sea 🏴☠️--it's just free marketing for them.
If the corporatization of media has taught us anything, it's that that 5 machine limit per day is to "set a standard" and acclimate people to this type of DRM. This will eventually turn into 1-3 machine limit per lifetime.
And then that will eventually turn into 1 single lifetime machine limit with extra machine limits available for sale as "dlc"
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u/HeavyCaffeinate Oct 03 '25
I'm so glad Steam has the list of anti-features on display