Dragon Ball FighterZ DRM Broken, Pirated Copies Able to Play Online
Is there anything worse than DRMs existing? No? Well, unfortunately, Dragon Ball FighterZ DRM has been broken, meaning that players who now own a pirated copy, are able to access online features and fight with those who actually bought the game. We’re not completely sure how this has managed to happen, though the pirated copies seem to have occurred due to Dragon Ball FighterZÂ Denuvo encryption being bypassed by the troublesome pirates.
For those who aren’t aware what DRMs, no need to fret, we’re happy to explain. Denuvo DRM is also known as digital rights management, and they’ve been quite the risky topic for those who are in the PC community. It goes without saying that publishers, of course, have every right to protect their IPs, however, players and even developers have stated that games which implement Denuvo often face problems later on such as lagging and drop of framerate.
So, as you would expect, when finding out Dragon Ball FighterZ would also be using Denuvo, not many fans were happy to hear about it. What’s worse, most of the community called for the game to be cracked so that they could get rid of Denuvo completely in order to make the game run better. So it seems they’ve got their wish, but at what cost?
Piracy in video games is sadly common, though sometimes developers have the most hysterical of ways to counteract this kind of behavior. For example, with Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, the developers placed an in-game punishment that ultimately would make it impossible for players to beat the game. How? By making it impossible for Batman to use his cape to glide to places.
Perhaps Bandai Namco may implement something similar in the future, but until then, they’ll have to first deal with the pirates that are now appearing online thanks to the DRM being cracked.