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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on March 12, 2026, 15:33:02

Title: Crimson Desert adds Denuvo DRM a week before release date, causing pre-order cancellations
Post by: Redaktion on March 12, 2026, 15:33:02
Some gamers are refunding their Crimson Desert pre-orders. Pearl Abyss has added Denuvo DRM to its latest title, raising concerns about reduced performance and stuttering. Many buyers object to the anti-piracy protection appearing so close to the Crimson Desert release date.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Crimson-Desert-adds-Denuvo-DRM-a-week-before-release-date-causing-pre-order-cancellations.1248707.0.html
Title: Re: Crimson Desert adds Denuvo DRM a week before release date, causing pre-order cancellations
Post by: Crowl on March 12, 2026, 16:35:10
QuoteUnfortunately, many Crimson Desert reviews won't consider the impact of the game's DRM.

Isn't the usual bait and switch with this stuff that review copies won't even have Denuvo on them to ensure that reviewers don't comment on it?
Title: Re: Crimson Desert adds Denuvo DRM a week before release date, causing pre-order cancellations
Post by: Vertigo1055 on March 12, 2026, 16:55:50
Yes, it's as simple as that. They counted on the phrase "we're considering DRM" without alluding to a specific Company to provide it. The Review Copies have already gone out to several outlets as well as a certain YT channel that reviews for Performance and Quality. Without Denuvo DRM they got a False Reading of overall Performance and Quality. Remember, when Performance suffers Quality gets affected as well do to many processes that are happening on the GPU going through the CPU first. Physics is a huge one and can have a drastic effect in Open World games when there's a thread being scanned before or between the GPU execution and even more if that particular type of Simulation is CPU bound.
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