Piracy group nearly gives up on cracking Just Cause 3, warns of bleak future

[Dohc-WP]

A major piracy group just about threw in the towel trying to crack Just Cause 3 on PC, and bemoans a future, coming very soon, where "there will be no free games to play in the world."

Who's to say if 3DM, a forum for Chinese pirates, really feels this way or is just waging a misinformation campaign, but it sounds like they really have had a lot of trouble with the anti-tamper technology Just Cause 3 uses to surround its digital rights management.

The founder of 3DM, in a post translated by Torrent Freak, said the group's cracking expert "nearly gave up" last week but was persuaded to continue.

"I still believe that this game can be compromised," wrote Bird Sister, 3DM's founder. "But according to current trends in the development of encryption technology, in two years time I'm afraid there will be no free games to play in the world."

Just Cause 3 uses Denuvo Anti-Tamper, which has kept it and FIFA 16, which launched back in September, crack-proof so far. In a statement to Eurogamer, Denuvo's marketing director boasted that protection has been so successful over the past two years that "some publishers are are even considering releasing console-only titles for the PC platform." Not everyone uses Denuvo for their PC titles because of the expense involved right now.

While given enough time, it figures that a determined pirate will eventually crack something, the question is whether they can do so in while the game is still relevant or if, by the time it's broken, gamers have forgotten about it.

Source: Polygon

[Ike_009]

Personally I'm taking this as a good think. If piracy becomes near impossible on PC then that means the piracy excuse used my publishers can finally be washed away and hopefully PC games will get more love in the future.

[PsychoFish]

Personally I'm taking this as a good think. If piracy becomes near impossible on PC then that means the piracy excuse used my publishers can finally be washed away and hopefully PC games will get more love in the future.

I'm with you 100% on this, as long as it doesn't end up breaking my legal copy of a title I couldn't care less if its uncrackable. And that could be a good thing long term as mentioned.

However, as with any type of DRM/Copy protection/etc it's just a matter of time, and once they have broken it (the specific type of protection) it will make it easier for future releases to be cracked unless major changes come along.

[DieGrootHammer]

[Weasley]

not sure if good thing or bad. I think the publishers will just ask more for longer if they know it can not be pirated.

[Edelweiss]

My only wish is for the 3DS to get pirated.. Ridiculous to pay R500 for a portable game. It's also part of the reason why the DS was so successful.

[MetalSoup]

not sure if good thing or bad. I think the publishers will just ask more for longer if they know it can not be pirated.

Nah, I don't think so. The only thing that determines the rate at which prices go down, is how many they are able to sell at that price, not how many people pirate it. They're not going to keep selling a game at $60 if no-one is buying it anymore. There comes a point in a game's life where everybody who was willing to pay that much already bought it, so it's only logical to lower the price then and squeeze out the rest.

[Crableg]

Been trying to keep up with the crack progress of Just Cause 3, been pretty impressed with how long its lasted, people seem to get really irritated when a game isn't cracked in a day or two.

[gr33nFIEND]

"There will be no free games to play in the world." Except for, you know, like a shit ton free-to-play or otherwise just plain free games, many of which are of exceptional quality.

Definitely need to write something about this.

[Weasley]

Nah, I don't think so. The only thing that determines the rate at which prices go down, is how many they are able to sell at that price, not how many people pirate it. They're not going to keep selling a game at $60 if no-one is buying it anymore. There comes a point in a game's life where everybody who was willing to pay that much already bought it, so it's only logical to lower the price then and squeeze out the rest.

agreed, but if the studio know no one can pirate they will hold out longer. Hoping to catch the few that was on the border to jump in and buy instead of pirating and buying later. It just how i see things unfolding.