PC The future of DRM for PC games

DeathScripts · January 9, 2016

Just felt like sharing this article with you guys:

A major piracy group just about threw in the towel trying to crack Just Cause 3 on PC, and bemoans a future, coming very soon, where "there will be no free games to play in the world."

Who's to say if 3DM, a forum for Chinese pirates, really feels this way or is just waging a misinformation campaign, but it sounds like they really have had a lot of trouble with the anti-tamper technology Just Cause 3 uses to surround its digital rights management.

The founder of 3DM, in a post translated by Torrent Freak, said the group's cracking expert "nearly gave up" last week but was persuaded to continue.

"I still believe that this game can be compromised," wrote Bird Sister, 3DM's founder. "But according to current trends in the development of encryption technology, in two years time I'm afraid there will be no free games to play in the world."

Just Cause 3 uses Denuvo Anti-Tamper, which has kept it and FIFA 16, which launched back in September, crack-proof so far. In a statement to Eurogamer, Denuvo's marketing director boasted that protection has been so successful over the past two years that "some publishers are are even considering releasing console-only titles for the PC platform." Not everyone uses Denuvo for their PC titles because of the expense involved right now.

While given enough time, it figures that a determined pirate will eventually crack something, the question is whether they can do so in while the game is still relevant or if, by the time it's broken, gamers have forgotten about it.

MickySoFine · January 9, 2016

Sorry, I'm a little intoxicated so I might not make sense in my sentences.

But, I was in-depth into the Discussion about the same news when it came out. The team who managed the Game to not get Cracked stated themselves that even after all their Work & Sweat; eventually every game will be Cracked and leaked out. Be-it in a month or a year.

Pirates nowadays, are becoming more and more clever. It might take them time to Pirate the Game but it will eventually happen. I heard this from The Know/ Funhaus.

Rook · January 9, 2016

I'm pretty sure it can get cracked. But since it's something new to pirates, it just takes a bit more time & effort.

DeathScripts · January 9, 2016

Yeah but each year DRM systems are getting more and more sofisticated, obviously there will always be a way to break them but eventually it will get so hard people will just give up

gamer2000 · January 27, 2016

3DM has reengineered denuvo DRM before with other releases if im not wrong.The more companies incorporate it and the further their DRM becomes mainstream, the more chances increase to reengineer it.

Updated January 27, 2016 by gamer2000