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The China-based cracking group that recently bemoaned Denuvo's anti-piracy system as all but unbreakable has delivered a second surprise announcement. 3DM says it will stop working on single-player games cracks for at least a year so it can assess whether genuine sales will be affected.
One of the hottest topics in the game piracy scene in late 2015 surrounded the Avalanche Studios/Square Enix title Just Cause 3.
Released on December 1, 2015, pirates were eager to get their hands on the game for free. However, JC3 is protected by the latest iteration of Denuvo, an anti-tamper technology developed by Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH. Denuvo is not DRM per se, but acts as a secondary encryption system protecting underlying DRM products.
What is perhaps most interesting, however, is the group’s apparent reasoning for ceasing their cracking activities. Denuvo was previously cited as a headache for the group but this time around that technology isn’t mentioned.
Instead, 3DM essentially indicates they’re taking part in an experiment to see how the lack of cracks affects the legitimate market.
“We’ll take a look at the situation in a year’s time to see if genuine sales have grown,†Bird Sister says.
Source: Torrentfreak
Would be interesting to see the results if they really do stop for a whole year, but of course when one group disappears another group rises to take over, so if it will actually have any impact we will have to wait and see.
One of the hottest topics in the game piracy scene in late 2015 surrounded the Avalanche Studios/Square Enix title Just Cause 3.
Released on December 1, 2015, pirates were eager to get their hands on the game for free. However, JC3 is protected by the latest iteration of Denuvo, an anti-tamper technology developed by Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH. Denuvo is not DRM per se, but acts as a secondary encryption system protecting underlying DRM products.
What is perhaps most interesting, however, is the group’s apparent reasoning for ceasing their cracking activities. Denuvo was previously cited as a headache for the group but this time around that technology isn’t mentioned.
Instead, 3DM essentially indicates they’re taking part in an experiment to see how the lack of cracks affects the legitimate market.
“We’ll take a look at the situation in a year’s time to see if genuine sales have grown,†Bird Sister says.
Source: Torrentfreak
Would be interesting to see the results if they really do stop for a whole year, but of course when one group disappears another group rises to take over, so if it will actually have any impact we will have to wait and see.
