Game developers and publishers can now access the video game protection software in the middleware section of the Nintendo Developers Portal.

And here we go. Expect your C-tier AAA games to have Denuvo on Switch, stopping players from emulating it.

  • SlothMama@lemmy.worldEnglish
    442·
    1 year ago

    I just need to know which titles have it so I don’t buy those games. It requires an always online connection and that’s a major dealbreaker for me.

      • Sentinian@lemmy.oneEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        I will say this post isn’t completely true. Denuvo (on pc) requires online checks but from what I’ve experienced it’s typically every 2-4 weeks. I’ve played persona 4 and 5 on my steam deck without internet just fine.

        Edit: Of course this could change for switch. It would be backwards as fuck, but I suppose it is possible

      • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        even when I’m home, my switch is in airplane mode unless I’m actively playing online. it’s crazy how often some games try to phone home, never realized until I got into this habit and started seeing the “please turn off airplane mode” popup

    • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Locking down the console stops the vast majority attempting piracy, drm attempts to stop the small minority attempting piracy

    • AnonTwo@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think it really has much to do with DRM. It’s practically well known at this point that consoles are easy to pirate through emulation. Especially with the constant day 1 emulation articles

  • DrPop@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    So just a roundabout way to keep people from emulating games? People are gonna figure out how to relate your games. We took many years but we can finally emulate Banjo Tooie. Good games sell well and don’t lose really to piracy, bad (lazily made) games deserve to be pirated