I find it funny that they specifically refer to the past year for a large increase in piracy. Remind me when it was that companies started consistently charging even more for the base package of their games…
Or when they popularized the concept of “base” and “complete” editions as a means of turning a $60 game into a $90 game.
*$70 game
*$120 complete
Don’t forget the $40 season pass!
Make sure to preorder to get an exclusive™ cosmetic item that’ll be resold as $5 DLC soon after.
Me: I’ll just wait half a year for the price to drop.
Nintendo: 🖕
In retrospect I regret drinking the Nintendo koolaid for so long, but turning what used to be the fairly equitable Virtual Console system into a ROM rental service made me jump ship to the Steam Deck and it’s been smooth sailing since.
This is precisely why I’ve always waited for the GOTY version to release (or whatever other subtitle they slap on the box) but through all of their BS I find I’m less and less willing to part with my money. Certain companies have become a no-fly zone for me and that list is only growing longer.
Were the hackers before not highly skilled? Moderately skilled hackers, perhaps?
Without reading the article, I’m going to guess that crackers have gotten more skilled and the greedy as fuck leeches destroying what is still one of the most profitable industries in the world are especially freaking out about there being others than just a single megalomaniac cracking Denuvo now.
Once qbittorrent has stable I2P support, then blocking sites like megaup and 1fichier will be completely useless. People will just download I2P and qbittorent, find a tracker on the darknet, and start downloading.
Wouldn’t surprise me if we were to see the rise of emule,DC++, and similar stuff over I2P.
I miss DC++
I’m confused, normally threats happen before the thing it’s threatening… Have I been imagining piracy all these years?
The number of active Denuvo crackers would say otherwise…
They forgot to flag the 1000s of script kiddies with access to the internet.
Emerging?
Well, thanks for all the resources!!! So many links…
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