Denuvo by Irdeto now registered as authorized Nintendo Switch™ middleware
Denuvo by Irdeto now registered as authorized Nintendo Switch™ middleware
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.
Worst part is Denuvo has been shown over and over again to actually cause issue with game performance. The switch already reaching its limits so this just make thing worse.
Video game historians 50 years later will scratch their heads everytime the word 'DENUVO' is inside thr readme. I hope they have more efficient methods to bypass today's bs then.
How to stop third parties developing on your platform part 11.
Also the emulated version of whatever game will run better with higher quality as it is actually doing right now.
It won't last, the switch can't take the performance hit.
Unfortunately I don’t think itll make a difference to whether people buy the games or not. Itll tank performance but itll be in games that people buy regardless of performance. IE Pokemon at launch was in an awful state and still sold like hotcakes
It might actually preclude some games from even getting a Switch port at all due to performance.
Bold of you to assume Switch players care about performance.
By blocking unauthorized emulations on PC, studios are able to increase their revenue during the game launch window, which is the most important period for monetization.
Uh huh, yeah, this will definitely just create money out of thin air from people who couldn't afford it in the first place.
The Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection will ensure that anyone wishing to play the game has to buy a legitimate copy.
To say nothing of Switches running custom firmware. There is absolutely no way for a game to detect this, so it will still be easy to pirate with those. Games will still leak early. Nothing will change.
This is a grift. Studios will probably spend more to license this "technology" than they stand to "save" by preventing emulation. They are taking advantage of clueless game studio execs and they know it.
This smells 100% to a management decision. Just the lack of understanding of the technology makes it clear.
Damn.. I feel sorry for legitimate Switch owners.
Hopefully Nintendo will find that degrading the performance isn't the way to sell more copies of a game.
Glad to see all these companies coming together to support the steamdeck.
Any game with denuvo is a game I won't buy.
emulation emulate every bit, so denuvo can't do shit, we're fine
I waas on the fence on getting a Switch, now that the price has dropped, but "Switch 2" has been rumored. I guess I won't be getting a Switch then. Or whatever the next console will be.
I wonder if some games will perform better emulated, as the emulation would not need to put resources in to running Denuvo.
What do you consider performing better if emulated? Most switch games look and perform better on PC already due to upscaling. Some obviously have issues rendering though.
I mean that Denuvo WILL cause performance drops, and if said malware needs to be cracked and removed in order to emulate it, it means the emulators don't have to bother emulating the built-in malware, and can instead use more resources to run the game. Even better than currently.
And will any of this help with piracy? Well, the average user will no longer be able to backup the official version, and you'd be breaking the law anyways, if you cracked it, so there is "no extra harm" skipping the part where you buy the official version, instead of just downloading the already cracked version. Sure, you risk getting malware, but with the official one you are sure to get malware.
[EDIT]: Let's add: I don't advocate for piracy, but if piracy is more convinient that the official route, it's what will drive those who don't mond pirating stuff.
Denovo is a subscription per game so no protection is permanent. Most can be waited out. The rest ain't worth your time.