I used to pirate back in the day and the fact that you no longer had updates or fixes was a huge issue. It’s actually the number one reason I no longer pirate games. It’s not worth my time or frustration to deal with a virus, bad crack or crashing game. Also since I stopped pirating I’ve had exactly 0 malware/trojan infections.
I pirate all the time. Until recently mostly on public trackers. Had malware once when I was like 12 and that’s about it. Sounds like a skill issue.
Also, most cracked games get updates.
I’ll name you 10:
Street Fighter 6,
Star Wars Squadrons,
Star Wars jedi survivor,
Persona 3 Reloaded,
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown,
Like A Dragon Gaiden - The Man Who Erased His Name
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Persona 5 Tactica
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Assassins Creed Mirage
I mean, it literally stops you from pirating uncracked games.
until they are inevitably cracked (which has been done with many denuvo games already) and pirates enjoy better performance once again.
That’s the (unknown) future. But currently they are not cracked. Hence you can’t pirate them.
I used to pirate back in the day and the fact that you no longer had updates or fixes was a huge issue. It’s actually the number one reason I no longer pirate games. It’s not worth my time or frustration to deal with a virus, bad crack or crashing game. Also since I stopped pirating I’ve had exactly 0 malware/trojan infections.
I pirate all the time. Until recently mostly on public trackers. Had malware once when I was like 12 and that’s about it. Sounds like a skill issue. Also, most cracked games get updates.
Name 3 uncracked games.
I’ll name you 10: Street Fighter 6, Star Wars Squadrons, Star Wars jedi survivor, Persona 3 Reloaded, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Like A Dragon Gaiden - The Man Who Erased His Name Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Persona 5 Tactica Dragon’s Dogma 2 Assassins Creed Mirage
Far Cry 6, Nier: Replicant, RE Village, Hogwarts Legacy, etc. Source: https://gamerswiki.net/has-any-denuvo-game-been-cracked/
Edit: The first three games I listed came from the subreddit mentioned in the article.
I for sure play HL cracked days after release. I haven’t touched the others though.
The only one I know is Street Fighter 6 (over a year after release too) but I’m sure there’s at least two others. Your point is made, however.