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Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Octopath Traveler 2 (www.dsogaming.com)
submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its because the launch of the game is when a game, especially a niche genre gets sales. Since denuvo has a recurring cost to using it, how early its removed is dependant on sales.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's more of a "publisher cutting costs" thing than sheer benevolence.

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

usually yes, its a publisher cutting the reccuring cost of using the DRM