Irdeto, the company behind Denuvo, has announced that it plans to bring its copy protection to the Switch as well. The community is not very enthusiastic about this and fears the worst for future Switch games.
On the Nintendo Switch, you can play some exclusive games like the Zelda series or the Pokémon games. However, there are clever users who play the games on PC using emulators. A developer has now introduced a new technique to take action against people who copy Switch games.
However, the announcement that a new copy protection would be coming to the Nintendo Switch is not sitting well with many users.
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What exactly has been presented? Irdeto explained in an official blog post that it will launch the world's first “Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection” (via irdeto.com).
“The innovative solution,” Irdeto said, “addresses a long-standing problem of emulating pirated Nintendo Switch games on PC and combats the widespread piracy associated with multi-platform releases.” In this way, they aim to prevent new games from the Switch from being easily played on PC.
When will the copy protection be released? Previously, Irdeto had only introduced its new technology. However, they have not yet named a partner, such as a game developer or even Nintendo itself, who would have to implement this copy protection. It is also unclear whether older games will be retrofitted with copy protection to prevent popular games like the Pokémon series from being played on PC.
Players protest the announcement, fearing poor performance on the Nintendo Switch
What are the reactions of the players? Enthusiasm in the community is limited. Rather, some users are now concerned that the copy protection could lead to new, unpleasant issues. On reddit, various threads are having heated discussions about the announcement (via reddit.com and reddit.com):
- Some users fear that performance on the Switch could worsen as a result.
- Others believe that they will soon no longer be able to enjoy their single-player games offline on the Switch because they would have to connect to the Denuvo server.
One writes what many are currently thinking:
Switch games with even poorer performance?! Oh man!
(via reddit.com)
And another adds:
On the Switch, [the performance problem] will be a bigger issue since [the Switch] has no performance overhead. In fact, the performance of many titles is already lacking, to be honest.
No one is really happy about the announcement. And many hope that game developers won't even consider using the technology.
What do you think? Do you consider Denuvo on the Switch to be absurd, or do you have similar concerns as the community? Discuss with other readers in the comments!
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