And here we go. Expect your C-tier AAA games to have Denuvo on Switch, stopping players from emulating it.

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    By blocking unauthorized emulations on PC, studios are able to increase their revenue during the game launch window, which is the most important period for monetization.

    Uh huh, yeah, this will definitely just create money out of thin air from people who couldn’t afford it in the first place.

    The Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection will ensure that anyone wishing to play the game has to buy a legitimate copy.

    To say nothing of Switches running custom firmware. There is absolutely no way for a game to detect this, so it will still be easy to pirate with those. Games will still leak early. Nothing will change.

    This is a grift. Studios will probably spend more to license this “technology” than they stand to “save” by preventing emulation. They are taking advantage of clueless game studio execs and they know it.

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      This smells 100% to a management decision. Just the lack of understanding of the technology makes it clear.