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I wouldn't say it's trivial. EMPRESS is one of the most talented crackers on the scene at the moment and it took ~2 months for this release.

Arguably, without EMPRESS, the crack would have taken a lot longer.

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I think publishers should be happy with that. Every day a crack doesn’t come out is one more teenager who is hyped about latest game who will buy it.

Yeah, a lot of publishers voluntarily remove DRM from their games after a few months because most of the profit is made right at launch. Once the first round of discounts start to hit DRM serves no purpose anymore.

I have never heard of this. Do you have any examples?

Search for "Denuvo removed" on Google. Lots of recent examples.

Doom Eternal & Metro Exodus – https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-29-denuvo-sec...

Monster Hunter World – https://www.vg247.com/2021/06/03/monster-hunter-world-denuvo...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition – https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/mass-effect-legendary-e...

Nier Automata – https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/nier-automata-update-re...

Capcom themselves did it with the rerelease of RE2 and RE3

It's even better! You sign a contract with denuvo for how many days protection. The less days the less you pay. When the contract is up they remove it

Steam wish list. Pick it up for $15 and get a better experience with the DRM removed. Thanks Capcom!

> Every day a crack doesn’t come out is one more teenager who is hyped about latest game who will buy it.

Taken literally, that's all of ~60 additional copies sold!

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