Denuvo taken out of the ports!

[Kodama]

https://t.co/HaQBvCjJoR

Alejandro L. (@Morwull) Tweeted:
Denuvo has been removed from Shenmue 1+2 on Steam, the reason is yet unknown. incompatibility? trend? we will see.

This is great news! No more having to be a pirate to play the game you paid for...

 

[Kirino_Matsuyama]

Fantastic!

 

[Verderame]

Can they put it in again before release, though?

Will this make modding easier?

 

[DigitalDuck]

Can they put it in again before release, though?

Will this make modding easier?

Yes, and yes.

 

[Esppiral]

Saw this on my usual feed, great if they have removed, this will make modding much easier

 

[BlueMue]

Interesting last minute decision. But a good one, if it stays out.

 

[Matthew]

They should remove Denuvo from all affected Steam games imo. They shouldn't penalise paying customers with stuff like this. Steam should be more than enough for any game.

 

[Raymonf]

It's also gone from the EULA. Good move.

 

[mjqjazzbar]

Modding will make the PC Shenmues a ton of fun. Wish I owned a PC.

 

[RiGoRmOrTiS]

i assume they'll have to keep it out now since anyone who buys it based on the current Steam listing would be expecting it without the DRM protection.

 

[Raymonf]

i assume they'll have to keep it out now since anyone who buys it based on the current Steam listing would be expecting it without the DRM protection.

Well, they could always add it back and piss a ton of people off.

 

[pilman]

Interesting last minute decision. But a good one, if it stays out.

It would be nice to throw this on a laptop while traveling places without internet, that was one of my complaints with the always on drm like in GTA V is that you have to always authenticate, drove me nuts. Some games have the 2 week authentication. I am all for developers protecting their games, just not a fan of internet authentication and timed authentication

 

[Kiba]