{"id":127522,"date":"2022-08-24T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136561"},"modified":"2022-08-24T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:30:00","slug":"new-denuvo-switch-emulator-protection-tech-launches-and-players-are-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/24\/new-denuvo-switch-emulator-protection-tech-launches-and-players-are-worried\/","title":{"rendered":"New Denuvo ‘Switch Emulator Protection’ Tech Launches, And Players Are Worried"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cybersecurity company Irdeto has revealed some brand new tech to help protect Switch games from piracy. Denuvo \u2014 a somewhat controversial DRM technology first used on FIFA 15 back in 2014 \u2014 aims to integrate effortlessly into the developer’s build toolchain without impacting the game itself as well as inserting checks into the code to block playing the game on emulators.<\/p>\n

As you’d expect, news of this ‘Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection’ tech hasn’t gone down particularly well online. Denuvo is already controversial with PC gamers as many have claimed it affects performance, from frame rate drops to longer load times \u2014 claims which the makers dispute. So when a game comes out on Steam with Denuvo (anti-piracy) included, players often make their feelings known. Sometimes, developers have gone back and removed the DRM software from their games post-release (as was the case with the Steam version of Rage 2<\/a>).<\/p>\n