misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoPublishers face 20% game revenue reduction if Denuvo DRM is cracked quickly, according to new studywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoYou can get a floor of an estimate if people don’t remove stuff that phones home.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOnly if the part phoning home does send some sort of unique id.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoBetween NAT, CGNAT and the same instance checking in more than once that is not a very reliable way to count anything.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoYou asked how they could tell and I’m giving a best guess. I’m not saying it’s a perfect approach.
You can get a floor of an estimate if people don’t remove stuff that phones home.
Only if the part phoning home does send some sort of unique id.
Source IP.
Between NAT, CGNAT and the same instance checking in more than once that is not a very reliable way to count anything.
You asked how they could tell and I’m giving a best guess. I’m not saying it’s a perfect approach.