Yeah, Denuvo registers every version of Proton as a different computer. So when you cycle through a bunch of different versions, Denuvo sees you booting it on a bunch of different computers back-to-back. IIRC Denuvo’s ToS allows for 5 different computers to boot a game within 24 hours. So it locks you out for 24h, as an anti-account-sharing measure. It has hit the spotlight a few times recently, because of the Steam Deck users needing to cycle through Proton versions.

It’s a catch 22. If everyone uses it, game companies get it shut down, and then it doesn’t exist, and then nobody uses it. The only existing methods of piracy are little known. That you’ve never heard of it is expected.

That’s some lore I didn’t know. Pirates and egos, an iconic duo.

I hope you aren’t literally still using an actual HDD.

They still pay for Denuvo for Persona 4? What a waste of money.

Atlus, like many Japanese companies, is very protective of their ips, for worse. There is no better

I suspect FitGirl is a morbidly obese 58 year old man with a twisted sense of humor.

I was so upset when the vault got dmca’d

Everything. Installer then the game. I switch install path also so I can find the damn game after it is installed. Not doing this is… Complicated.

You’re meant to check the CRCs before you extract to verify that you actually fully downloaded the file. Otherwise yes, people like myself will mock you online for this trivial anecdote

Oh really? How come it installed fine the second time from the same file?

It’s well-known that installation of FitGirl’s repacks can fail, and the recommendation is exactly that one don’t touch the computer while it’s going on, and retry again if it fails. Mock yourself for not knowing this, as this very thread contains more ‘anecdotes’ about the same.

It’s some kinda super wonky compression that gives extreme space savings but is so fragile that the result isn’t guaranteed, which is precisely why it isn’t widely used.

it’s well-known that …

alright

Isthereanydeal don’t list those shady resellers.

Great rejoinder there. “I didn’t research how stuff works, but I have an irrelevant rebuttal, and when people point out that it’s not how stuff works, I will reply ‘alright’, that will really put them in their place.”

absolutely this.

Gamedev is notorious for basically having permacrunch so this is the most likely reason

(Sorry, I just wanted to come back and say my response wasn’t very friendly or constructive but I think took issue with your (perceived) tone mostly.)

I have had your issue once before in the past, but I genuinely don’t think it is such a pain point that it’s a frequent issue to prevent further use.

I can imagine from a consumer point of view that there will always be faster way to pack data so that people can start playing instantly and leave the problem of storage to online game libraries. But from an archivist point of view I genuinely believe that the format she has chosen for those of us who want to replay a game every now and then and can suffer the hour long unpack is efficient for the storage/playing tradeoff

I’m curious, are there countries where fast internet is way too expensive but video games are priced well?

Edit: I mean priced well on launch, btw, not on sale

don’t think it is such a pain point that it’s a frequent issue to prevent further use

I don’t have statistics, but:

• I myself didn’t do any research specifically on this matter, and only learned of these problems through osmosis by randomly reading various threads on Reddit’s r/all

• I installed one single game from a repack by FitGirl

• my experience right away exactly mirrored that of which I’ve read previously

I don’t have problems with FitGirl using this compression, in fact I find it fascinating that such an algorithm exists. However, it obviously doesn’t meet standards to which a commercial publisher or storefront are held.

Maybe fitgirl is the bbw porn actress named fitsidney or fitsid for short.

Both are girls.

One fucks on camera. One repackage games. Same thing probably.

Think about it.

Edit: I’m doing a thorough and deep investigation of her videos for any clues and I’ll report back on any findings.

Edit2: the results are inconclusive and I’ll need to perform more research. It’s worth mentioning that fitsid is adorable and very enthusiastic in what she does, and is also kind of adorable much like fitgirl’s photo of Amelie. But, like, with cum involved.