Wednesday, November 1st 2017
CPUs Bear Brunt of Ubisoft Deploying VMProtect Above Denuvo for AC:O
It's been extensively reported that Denuvo has failed as an effective DRM solution for games, as some of the newer releases such as "Assassin's Creed: Origins," were cracked by pirates less than 48 hours into the market release. For those who bought the game, Denuvo adds its own CPU and memory footprint. In an effort to stem further piracy of "Assassin's Creed: Origins" (because hey, there are limited stocks of pirated copies on the Internet), Ubisoft added an additional DRM layer on top of Denuvo, made by VMProtect. The implementation is so shoddy, that paying customers who didn't spend a fortune on their PC builds (most PC gamers) complain of abnormally high CPU usage, which is in some cases, even reducing performance to unplayable levels.
Ubisoft deployed VMProtect as a concentric DRM layer to Denuvo. Genuine user authentication has to now be performed by two separate pieces of software with their own PIDs, CPU-, and memory-footprints, not to mention user data falling into more hands. Gamers such as this one took to Steam Forums to complain about abnormally high CPU usage, which is traced back to VMProtect. Gamers complain that the game now hits 100% CPU usage, resulting in frame-drops, stuttering, and even unplayable frame-rates. As gaming prophet Gabe Newell once said, the only way to beat piracy is to offer a better service than the pirates. Right now the pirates offer better frame-rates, at an introductory price of $0, while stocks last.
Source:
TorrentFreak
Ubisoft deployed VMProtect as a concentric DRM layer to Denuvo. Genuine user authentication has to now be performed by two separate pieces of software with their own PIDs, CPU-, and memory-footprints, not to mention user data falling into more hands. Gamers such as this one took to Steam Forums to complain about abnormally high CPU usage, which is traced back to VMProtect. Gamers complain that the game now hits 100% CPU usage, resulting in frame-drops, stuttering, and even unplayable frame-rates. As gaming prophet Gabe Newell once said, the only way to beat piracy is to offer a better service than the pirates. Right now the pirates offer better frame-rates, at an introductory price of $0, while stocks last.
82 Comments on CPUs Bear Brunt of Ubisoft Deploying VMProtect Above Denuvo for AC:O
@btarunr
Its 'Bare Brunt of' not 'bear brunt of'. This is a 'Bear'.....
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::EDIT::
Sorry, false alarm. Sometimes i dont english very good.
Atleast this base Denuvo, and fire/sue whoever claimed it would work.
Regarding the new patched in one I Guess its important to see what it does.
However it should give users the freedom to get a full refund now though because the product now does not match what they bought in terms of system requirements.
Its like buying a car that runs on gasoline and suddenly the company recalls the cars and gives them back now running on diesel.
or were you asking for that?
Anyway, I boycotted UBISOFT and EA GAMES long time ago.
They're not in the business of getting nice comments on random internet forums, they're in the business of making money. If people keep buying their stuff, they'll keep making it.
Back to topic. This is exactly why I pirate games still. Not because I can't afford them (I can). I just choose to play the better performing less stuttery DRM free versions. If I could only get all the games I want on GOG instead of Steam...Wouldn't there be 3 layers of DRM if it is on Steam? Steam had its own DRM I thought.
Piracy gives the better service.
Ubicrap still stupid.
1.) Once the game is cracked and available to pirates, you just say screw it and remove the DRM from your game. (Doom removed Denuvo once the game was cracked, good for them!)
2.) You just keep piling on the DRM so your paying customers keep getting screwed, and most paying customers wish they had just pirated the game instead...
They are actually trying to prevent further cracking :laugh: probably saying something like "Let's make sure they don't crack it some more"