Remove Denuvo from NFS Heat

I read a gaming magazine article that hackers were prioritising Denuvo based games so it is a misstep in more ways than one.

I also read quite a lot of nonsense about lost industry revenue through piracy, I havent been paying much attention for more than 18 months but what I was reading from various publishers of various media were figures which included piracy in regions that they had no legitimate way to sell to in the first place.   For example, when someone like EA or Microsoft includes global figures when they only address say, 17 of the world 195 countries when they only support say 17.  .  For example, I have homes in two countries.  In one of those countries although it claims to be covering it, another publishers trash middle ware cannot even process a credit card through its shop.  But at least they are present.   The fact is that these companies often support a tiny fraction of the world yet claim world wide loses.  It is pure misrepresentation.

Secondly, there is every indication that when you make things of quality, and make it accessible, people that can buy it, will buy it in large amounts. One only has to look at the NETFLIX, HBO style model.  In the main, what lunatic would install what can often be an open back door into their pc just to play a game if they can get it for a reasonable price without the risk of trashing their pc or being part of a bot net giving up performance .  I dare to say, a very very tiny percentage and they would be the same people that would buy it and use hacks anyway so you wouldnt want them trashing your game and leading to bad press and even falling or stalled sales.

It would be very interesting to see how many people that might have purchased the game, such as myself, realised it had that loathsome DRM on it, not to mention the licensing which often comes with Denuvo (3 times reinstall/'5x whatever.  Plenty of other games about.  (Have around 370 on steam alone) so decided to simply avoid it as a poor quality product and spend my time trying something else. Most people I know feel the same way.  It is a pity though as I see this too often here and it really limits my engagement with companies that use it. 

But I suspect some companies have made a strategic decision which they cant now back away from so it wont matter until the next launch with denuvo on it sells poorly because people just said no and it gets shareholders attention when they see other companies that dont, flying product out the door and the poor strategy comes home to roost in terms of shareprice.