Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Denuvo complaints get written off as pirate cope. Sometimes that's fair. But there's a whole category of legitimate, paying customers getting burned by Denuvo that has nothing to do with piracy — and it doesn't get talked about enough.
We're talking about the Steam Deck activation trap, a 9-year-old single-player game that still phones home, and what happens to your library when Denuvo's servers eventually go dark.
Far Cry Primal shipped in February 2016. Ubisoft confirmed there are no plans to remove Denuvo. Ever. That should bother you.
Proton 101 Video: youtu.be/Pfsb4M7swbE
#Denuvo #SteamDeck #PCGaming #DRM #GamePreservation #PhysicalMedia
Denuvo complaints get written off as pirate cope. Sometimes that's fair. But there's a whole category of legitimate, paying customers getting burned by Denuvo that has nothing to do with piracy — and it doesn't get talked about enough.
We're talking about the Steam Deck activation trap, a 9-year-old single-player game that still phones home, and what happens to your library when Denuvo's servers eventually go dark.
Far Cry Primal shipped in February 2016. Ubisoft confirmed there are no plans to remove Denuvo. Ever. That should bother you.
Proton 101 Video: youtu.be/Pfsb4M7swbE
#Denuvo #SteamDeck #PCGaming #DRM #GamePreservation #PhysicalMedia
