The copy protection Denuvo is probably the most hated thing among gamers. Nevertheless, the Austrian company Denuvo Software Solutions thought it was a good idea to open its own community server on Discord to talk transparently with gamers for two months and perhaps improve its image. Just 2 days later, they pulled the emergency brake.
This was the idea: On October 15, 2024, Denuvo announced on Twitter that they would open a Discord server for 2 months to answer the most pressing questions from fans.
This was the result of a phase in which a team at Denuvo analyzed the feedback and complaints of gamers and considered how they wanted to communicate more transparently with fans.
They had spoken with dozens of users and collected hundreds of messages to create an FAQ, but also wanted to hear more voices in Discord.
He also had brilliant ideas:
After 2 days, Denuvo hits the red button
This is how it turned out: Just two days later, Denuvo reported that they had 2,000 people on the server and thanked everyone for their interest. But unfortunately, they had to stop sending messages:
As you can imagine, the amount of inappropriate content made moderation for our small team, who performs this task alongside daily work, a significant challenge.
As PCGamer reports, the entire Discord server was switched to a “read-only” mode to stop users from flooding it with profanity against Denuvo.
PC Gamer further explains that gamers simply hated Denuvo deeply and took to Discord to make this as clear as possible to the developers.
One of the few flames that has been recorded says something like: Whether they had also activated the slow mode on Discord so that people there could feel exactly what every gamer feels when they play a game with Denuvo.
The apparently well-intended initiative to give people a platform for exchange ended, as expected, in a disaster.
However, the experiment is supposed to continue under new conditions on Monday; one can wish Denuvo good luck.
Gamers hate this trick
What is the problem with Denuvo? Denuvo annoys people who want to get “backup copies” of games from the internet. But it also generally bothers gamers, as the copy protection is notorious for putting too much load on the CPU and reducing the lifespan of SSDs due to excessive writing.
In some games, Denuvo also causes technically weak performance. According to reports from Digital Foundry, a pirated version of Resident Evil Village, which had all copy protection removed, performed significantly better than the release version: Dying Light 2 introduces controversial “feature” just before release, sparking huge discussions
