Asmongold accuses Denuvo of “gaslighting” gamers by claiming DRM advantages video games

Twitch streamer Asmongold is lashing out at anti-piracy firm Denuvo for claims that DRM really makes video games higher.

Many PC gamers aren’t followers of Denuvo, the anti-piracy, DRM software program, for hindering recreation efficiency.

In an interview with Rock Paper Shotgun, its product supervisor, Andreas Ullmann, defended the software program, claiming that gamers merely don’t perceive the good thing about DRM, a know-how that controls and limits how customers entry and share content material.

Ullmann referenced a examine about how piracy can take up 20% of a recreation’s income and argued: “I feel it’s tremendous laborious for a gamer. I’m a gamer myself, and due to this fact I do know what I’m speaking about. I feel it’s tremendous laborious to see, as a gamer, what’s the speedy profit for me {that a} sure recreation developer, recreation writer, is utilizing our anti-piracy companies.”

“[DRM] doesn’t have a direct profit for me as a participant. However for those who look additional, the extra profitable a recreation is, the longer it is going to get updates. The extra extra content material will come to that recreation, the extra possible it’s that there might be a subsequent iteration of the sport. That’s mainly the advantages that we provide to the typical participant,” he defined.

This interview started spreading within the gaming neighborhood and bought the eye of Asmongold, who has been unable to stream whereas serving a two-week suspension for controversial remarks he made on Twitch.

“There isn’t any profit for gamers that any anti-piracy measures exist in a recreation besides in some summary sense of extra gross sales=higher video games sooner or later,” he blasted. “Want anti-piracy for a recreation? Certain, do it. Simply don’t gaslight prospects and insult their intelligence to recommend it’s an improve.”

When somebody responded about how Denuvo hurts recreation efficiency and must be eliminated, he additional provided up an anecdote, evaluating DRM software program to going to a retailer that has an issue with shoplifting.

“Possibly I’m bizarre, however I view DRM as the identical kind of inconvenience as going to Walmart and having to seek out an worker to unlock the glass case to get a 12 pack of socks,” he contemplated. “Annoying, waste of time, worse expertise, however I can perceive and respect why it exists.”

Asmongold’s Twitch ban must be lifted on October 29 and, with the streamer promising to get proper again to talking his thoughts about controversial gaming topics, it’s possible this isn’t the final we’ll hear from him about Denuvo or different anti-piracy software program.