Its a bit weird. The game came out 10 years ago, which mean Square paid Denuvo 10 years long. The game was countless times on sale for 3 Euros on Steam: https://steamdb.info/app/225540/
SteamDB lowest recorded price is 2,99€ at -85%
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Contraband was semi-recently cancelled by microsoft. I have no idea how the hell Nordisk Film ended up owning Avalanche, but I wouldn’t be shocked if they were planning to sell off or shutter the studio entirely.
So removing the fraction of a penny that Denuvo Corp get per Just Cause 3 sale probably IS worth it while you are calling security ahead of the mass layoffs.
Its a bit weird. The game came out 10 years ago, which mean Square paid Denuvo 10 years long. The game was countless times on sale for 3 Euros on Steam: https://steamdb.info/app/225540/
I have no clue how this paid off.
Contraband was semi-recently cancelled by microsoft. I have no idea how the hell Nordisk Film ended up owning Avalanche, but I wouldn’t be shocked if they were planning to sell off or shutter the studio entirely.
So removing the fraction of a penny that Denuvo Corp get per Just Cause 3 sale probably IS worth it while you are calling security ahead of the mass layoffs.
I actually meant how it paid off to pay for 10 years. Denuvo is quite expensive as far as I know.
Probably a specific contract deal they had with them
That may be it right there
Maybe denuvo was handing out longer deals back then or something
Denuvo is a subscription? They sell licenses to old versions that have been broken for years?