DENUVO is Coming to the PlayStation 5

<p>The name of the article isn&&num;8217&semi;t a prank&period; However&comma; there might be some people who might be unfamiliar&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re one of them&comma; DENUVO is quite infamous for being an intrusive anti-piracy solution for PC games&period; Unfortunately&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s coming to PlayStation 5 now&period; So&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s time to say your prayers and wonder whether or not the program will hold the games on the PS5 back&period; I mean <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wccftech&period;com&sol;control-ultimate-edition-features-solid-performance-on-playstation-5-settings-are-mostly-on-low&sol;">way more than they are already held back as is anyway<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">A Cheating Problem&quest; On the PS5&quest;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Okay&comma; okay&period; I know that by this point the first question you&&num;8217&semi;ll ask is &&num;8220&semi;Why&quest;&&num;8221&semi;&period; Especially because console gaming&&num;8217&semi;s closed ecosystem makes it less susceptible for piracy or cheating&period; However&comma; that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean that this is impenetrable or that there won&&num;8217&semi;t be people trying to hack the system&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ve seen this happen with systems such as the Switch&comma; for example&period; With it&comma; users could basically start homebrewing the system through a hardware exploit that needed to have a second iteration of the system to combat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; some of you might point out that the PlayStation 5 is actually more robust in fighting against tampering attempts&period; While that might be true <em><strong>at the moment<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean that it will not happen at some point&period; I mean&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ve recently had that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;veryaligaming&period;com&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;ps5-crypto-mining-myth&sol;">PlayStation 5 crypto mining scare not too long ago<&sol;a>&period; While that rumor might be faked&comma; Wololo has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wololo&period;net&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;19&sol;the-ps5-scene-is-already-ramping-up&sol;">recently disclosed that the system&&num;8217&semi;s internal browser might be a good entry-point for hacking the device<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;168784" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-168784" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><img class&equals;"wp-image-168784 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;11070724&sol;Doom-Eternal-Denuvo-Update-skullface-1280x720-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-168784" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">That&&num;8217&semi;s a nice way to describe it&&num;8230&semi; &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamerevolution&period;com&sol;news&sol;646592-doom-eternal-denuvo-update-fps-kernel-pc">SOURCE<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">DENUVO Coming to PS5&quest;&excl;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>This brings us back to DENUVO&period; The parent company Irdeto <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;irdeto&period;com&sol;news&sol;denuvo-joins-exclusive-playstation5-tools-and-middleware-program-to-offer-anti-cheat-technology-to-game-developers">announced<&sol;a> that their technology will be available for PS5 developers&period; So&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;re a developer looking to throttle your games under the pretense of kernel-level anti-cheat&comma; you finally got a solution&excl; DENUVO says that its middleware protects game logic or data&comma; preventing cheaters from changing sensitive variables and ensuring its trustworthiness&period; The objective of the anti-cheat is to bring fairness and fun back to gaming by providing its Anti-Cheat solution to all developers who want to protect their games and gamers from hackers and cheaters on PlayStation 5&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The anti-cheat system helps game developers protect sensitive game logic or data&comma; preventing cheaters from changing sensitive variables and ensuring their trustworthiness&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cheating ruins video games for honest players&comma;” said Reinhard Blaukovitsch&comma; Managing Director of Irdeto&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This can lead to lower engagement&comma; game traffic&comma; and shrinking revenues for game publishers&period; We are really proud to be able to help the world’s most talented developers to bring rich experiences for gamers on Playstation 5&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; people well-versed in gaming <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;danger-doom-eternal-update-installs-rootkit&sol;">know more about the intrusive nature of the software<&sol;a>&period; Looking at gaming benchmarks from sites like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;extremetech&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;282924-denuvo-really-does-cripple-pc-gaming-performance">Extreme Tech<&sol;a>&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll notice that almost every game DENUVO runs on had a negative impact on the game&&num;8217&semi;s framerate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>That&&num;8217&semi;s it for now&period; However&comma; what do you think of this announcement regarding DENUVO anti-cheat&quest; Do you think games on the PlayStation 5 will become hindered by the technology&quest; Make sure to tell us your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;