A person inside explains the `` performance deterioration theory '' of the cheat countermeasure program `` Denuvo '' that is too hated by gamers
Most games shipped in recent years have built-in anti-cheat tools aimed at preventing cheating, preventing piracy, etc. Among the anti-cheat tools, ' Denuvo ' is used in many games, but it is sometimes criticized by gamers who dislike the performance deterioration and the large authority required due to the introduction of Denuvo. Mr. Steve Huin, chief operating officer of the game-related business of irdeto, the developer of Denuvo, is responding to an interview with overseas media Ars Technica.
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◆Does Denuvo hurt game performance?
Denuvo has a function to detect behavior during game play and monitor for fraud. For this reason, gamers have pointed out that Denuvo can affect the performance of the game, and in fact, in multiple games, the performance of the ``regular version with Denuvo applied'' and the ``pirate version with Denuvo disabled'' In comparison, a movie has been released that points out the adverse effects of Denuvo, and a verification result has been reported that ``the pirated version with Denuvo disabled has better performance'' in ``Resident Evil Village '' released in 2021. increase.
It is reported that the pirated version of 'Resident Evil Village' has better performance than the original-GIGAZINE
Regarding the comparative verification of the official version and the pirated version, Mr. Huin said, ``Comparative verification is performed by the pirated community.'' has no meaning,” he points out. However, as the director Katsuhiro Harada mentioned about the fighting game ' Tekken 7 ' in which Denuvo was adopted, 'Performance is degraded due to the influence of the encryption program.' has also been pointed out.
Anti-tamper 3rd party middleware. It's live updating programs and I heard “it's fix soon” from them. We will check it and update.
— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 13, 2018
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Mr. Huin argues that the impact on performance is minor because Denuvo is a mechanism to monitor that ``the code has not been changed'', and that performance deterioration is less than 1% is adopted as a performance test indicator. I'm assuming there is. In addition, Mr. Huin said, ``Unfortunately, Denuvo is not trusted,'' and provided two types of games, ``with Denuvo'' and ``without Denuvo,'' to game media to restore trust. I am revealing that I am proceeding with an attempt to compare.
◆Is protection by Denuvo effective?
Denuvo has been touted as a very powerful copy protection technology, but in 2017, the copy guard of ' Resident Evil 7 ' that adopted Denuvo was broken in just five days. There have been other reports of Denuvo games being cracked in a short period of time, and some gamers have questioned Denuvo's performance.
The strongest copy guard technology 'Denuvo' is broken in 5 days and a pirated version of 'Resident Evil 7' appears - GIGAZINE
by Michell Zappa
According to Mr. Huin, Denuvo's copy guard technology is constantly being updated, keeping cracking difficult. In fact, the subreddit ``r/CrackWatch'', which summarizes game cracking information, has data that ``about half of the Denuvo-equipped games released since 2020 have been cracked.''Posted .
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