Denuvo Says Its Technology Doesn’t Affect Games Performance

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  • In a recent FAQ on Discord, Irdeto said Denuvo does not affect the performance of games in any way.
  • The company has provided detailed reasoning behind all the major games that are thought to have been affected by Denuvo.
  • Many Twitter and Discord users have not bought these replies and have argued against including Denuvo in games.

Denuvo is one of the most controversial yet effective anti-cheat software used by video game developers. The DRM is notorious for affecting the performance of games, but Irdeto—the company behind the software—does not agree at all with the prevalent rumors. Thus, it has officially addressed these claims in a recent FAQ that no one saw coming.

Irdeto has created an official Discord server for Denuvo, addressing all the major concerns gamers have raised over the years. It claims that Denuvo does not affect game performance, using examples of various games to explain what actually degraded their gameplay.

Why it matters: Irdeto saying that Denuvo was not to be blamed for the impact on the performance in games paints a controversial picture. The company does not think its software affects us negatively, while gamers argue otherwise.

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Denuvo claims that its DRM did not affect the performance of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

As spotted by the hawk-eyed Twitter user @Pirat_Nation, Denuvo claimed that the performance of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor only improved after the devs tweaked the game over updates, not because the Denuvo protection was removed later on.

It also addressed many other games, including Resident Evil Village, Tekken 7, and Persona 5, explaining what caused optimization issues in them. Denuvo says it was certainly not the DRM that degraded their performance.

Denuvo has provided reasons for many AAA games whose performance was thought to be ruined by the anti-cheat DRM | Image Source: Twitter
Denuvo has provided reasons for many AAA games whose performance was said to be ruined by the DRM. 

Many gamers have not bought these rationales by Denuvo at all and have argued against using this software because of performance issues.

What are your thoughts about the usage of this DRM in games? Let us know in the comments below, or join the discussion on the official Tech4Gamers forum.

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