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Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Capcom caught adding Enigma DRM to older titles, for no good reason

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Capcom caught adding Enigma DRM to older titles, for no good reason

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Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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The recent patch for Resident Evil Revelations highlights Capcom's practice of incorporating new DRM into some of its games. This software seems to disrupt modding and could...
  • @CriticalMiss@lemmy.world
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    63•1 year ago

    But… why? The older versions are already out there on public trackers.

    • Something Burger 🍔
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      41•1 year ago

      DRM isn’t about stopping piracy, it’s about controlling customers.

      • @TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world
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        The anti-modding attitude of japanese tech companies is utterly ridiculous. People were literally arrested in Japan for modifying Zelda saves and generating pokémon. People’s lives ruined over some flipped bits of fictional stuff.

        I can only imagine this law was created to protect microtransactions, which if anything would make it worse. All this to defend companies fleecing addicted gacha whales.

        • @Mango@lemmy.world
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          4•1 year ago

          What even the fuck.

      • Lad
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        11•1 year ago

        Ding ding ding

    • @XTornado@lemmy.ml
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      It’s an Enigma why they did it.

      • @zedgeist@lemm.ee
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        *golf clap*

    • bruhduh
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      deleted by creator

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