Cracking games on the PC has always been a problem. As someone who has grown up on the PC I’ve not known a time without the odd crack, warez and the like, but with the rise of Steam and so many online stores that make getting game easy and affordable the practice has been losing steam.
Another reason is that copy protection and DRM have been getting better and better over the years. So you’d be surprised to find out that Resident Evil 7, one of the most anticipated games of the year, has been fully cracked in a record five days.
Look, games getting cracked are always going to be an issue in the industry even if the actual impact of heavily overstated. But the first few weeks of a games release are the most important when it comes to sales so your DRM holding strong is vital, especially for a major release like Resident Evil 7.
Capcom uses Denuvo DRM for Resident Evil 7, but the platform has had some issues in the past, most recently with Rise of the Tomb Raider also getting cracked. Publishers know that cracking teams are out there doing their thing, but if the DRM platforms they rely on and that often make gamers lives more difficult don’t work during that vital release window they have a real problem.
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