Dragon Quest III HD or Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection?

[Cerebralbore101]

G2ThaUNiT said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

You mean, like how Steam allows Denuvo and other anti-consumer ways for publishers to force online-only play for something you paid good money for? Steam could have allowed the sale of used digital games ages ago. They just won't.

Edit: By online-only I mean the periodic Denuvo check-in. If you stay offline long enough you lose access to your game. How long that is depends on the publisher. Anyway, once servers go down you can't play it. 

Lol yeah I knew what you mean. Denuvo is available across the board though. It's been on PS5 since 2021 and Switch since 2023. I imagine Switch 2 support is coming soon. Nobody really talks about console implementation of it though since Denuvo is made available in offline mode as well. And since developers don't disclose it, you would never know Denuvo is there, but at least there's no periodic check-in.

Majority of my Steam library are completely playable offline though. I typically like to test them out just so I know. Biggest guilty parties in my library that utilize Denuvo are ironically the major Japanese publishers like Capcom, Sega, and Bandai Namco lol, but a lot of them remove Denuvo a year or two later after launch at least.

Would love if Steam one day starts outright selling completely DRM-free games like GOG does.

Denuvo isn't in the physical versions of console games then. At least not the ones I buy and play. Nintendo and console companies are scummy for introducing these sorts of things as well. Steam just gets a pass by so many people, which is why I attack it so often. It's like that "know the work rules" meme. Steam shoves denuvo in games and gets told that its sweet. Nintendo has GKC and same person screams "Human Resources!" Again, both are scummy and bad. Steam just gets a hilarious pass for doing it for nearly a decade. 

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 21 November 2025