And it’ll be staying right there for as long as its carrying that infection.

Even if they eventually remove it, they missed their chance. I have never purchased a game that shipped with Denuvo, even after they removed it. For example, Lies of P.

Even if it’s on deep discount, Denuvo is so incredibly unethical that the idea of ever rewarding those developers with business rubs me the wrong way.

That’s fair. Thinking about it, I’m not sure if I’ve ever bought a game after the Denuvo got removed, I’d just stopped caring about the game by the time that happened so it’ll remain to be seen if I still care about Stellar Blade by the time the Denuvo is removed this time, but it certainly won’t be at full price like I’d planned to pay when the PC port got announced. It’ll likely be with the standard 60-70% reduction that happens once a game has been out 1-2 years, depending how long it takes for this crap to fuck off. At that point, I don’t think it’s rewarding the dev anyway, my purchase certainly isn’t making it onto a spreadsheet of consequence.

Lol Denuvo