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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
"Slowing down" being the key words. You may get locked out of a game temporarily, but most people don't buy games full price on release anymore anyway, at least on PC. You wait for a steam sale as is, so it's no different waiting on a crack. Ergo, Denuvo is pointless and only serves to harm valid games.

If someone is THAT eager to play a game on release day they're also going to be willing to pay for it, or God forbid, have prepaid for it.
gpt
This isn't really true. Week 1 sales, even on PC, are disproportionately large. I read somewhere that the first month is over half of total life time sales. There are certainly a lot of /r/patientgamers out there but it is statistically incorrect to call it a majority

Slowing down pirates to beyond first week has a big impact on total sales. Let alone the month.