Quote from the article: “The inclusion of intrusive DRM softwares [sic] like Denuvo is a choice that yields an unfair punishment on the consumer,” Running With Scissors says. “Respect the consumer, make a game they want to play, and you will never feel the need to fight piracy. The gaming industry deserves a better future, fight for that.”
Isn't that a contradiction? Nobody is threatening them to implement Denuvo. It's a choice.
The publisher? The business types?
Again, the developer chooses to work with these publishers beforehand, right? Or are you saying that developers do not have a choice whether or not to implement Denuvo, even though they hate it?
They might not prefer it, but it's not like they had a gun on their head.
have you ever been employed anywhere in your life? have you ever had to pay bills, rent?
Yes, of course. But what has that anything to do with employees? Developers are not employees, they are the developing company.
what? that's just false, developers are people, they are employed to develop the game, usually their employer is the game studio.
i think what he means is that the "developer" has the power because he "develops" the games and without him the games can't be "developed"
it's a silly way of mistaking a role for the individual that fulfills it. the role is necessary... not that particular individual
What is it with clowns like this digging their heels in and blaming literally anything but the precious MBAs that are plaguing and ruining literally everything about modern society.
What kind of paradise are you living in?
so whenever your boss tells you to do something you think is not the correct course of action you just quit right? you just leave your job without having another one lined up and probably risk losing your home, all because your boss told you to this thing you find annoying, you don't have a choice to work or not work, the choice is to work or starve, which is not a choice.
Hating is a strong word. Dislike, maybe.
even if they do hate it and consider it to be the work of the devil, they still don't really have a choice, game development is a really competitive industry, if devs aren't leaving their jobs when the studio makes them overwork 80 hour work weeks right before release for a month in order to hit the deadline then they're definitely not leaving just because they hate having to implement denuvo.
they do have a metaphorical gun in the form of bills that need to be paid...
Not if you work for a massive publisher.
edit: or if you publish under one. It's likely in your contract. Devs really don't want to use it, but they are required to do so.