"Denuvo DRM, while it has certainly improved over the years, is not a fan favorite among PC players. The DRM is designed to stop people from cracking the game and spreading it online via pirate sites. And it mostly works at accomplishing that task. However, Denuvo has caused performance issues in many games over the years, something the company has admitted in the past."
"Even if Denuvo didn't cause performance issues in some games, revealing your game will use DRM this close to launch after taking pre-orders seems like a crappy thing to do. There are legitimate reasons for people to want to avoid DRM and totally valid reasons for why publishers implement software like Denuvo. But hiding DRM from customers until the last minute is crummy all around."
Crimson Desert's Steam store page was quietly updated on March 12 to reveal the game will include Denuvo Anti-tamper DRM with a five-machine activation limit per day. The announcement, made just one week before the March 19 release, sparked significant player frustration. Denuvo DRM is designed to prevent game cracking and piracy but has historically caused performance issues in various games. Players expressed anger over the last-minute disclosure, with many removing the game from wishlists and canceling pre-orders. The timing of the announcement after pre-orders were already taken is considered deceptive by the community, regardless of DRM's technical merits.
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