Sublustris wrote:

I'm not sure what nonsense you just spoke, but it sure is not related to what's being discussed.

It`s ok if you did not understood, I can rephrase what I said

I am sure that like you said companies want to expand in time but i don`t believe Sega is in the charity business of giving you what you want at their expense after they acquire you but it is more about making profit after you as you are now an acquisition of theirs.

So as an independent studio it is up to you to choose to sell yourself to Sega or someone else, remain independent or crowdfund your projects like other companies do sometimes with great success. No matter what you do you assume the consequences both good and bad that come out of your choices but at least you decided for yourself in what situation to be

And I was comparing that situation as a contrast to another random situation like playing the game Humankind where the neutral factions have no independent choice of their own in what to do when you as the player with your empire want to assimilate them. It`s totally a different situation to initially have a choice or never have one

It was just a thought and i hope it`s more clear now

Is there any chance that we will get a comment from the devs on this topic?  It would at least be nice to know if the Denuvo protection will be removed after the DRM has served its purpose of protecting hypothetical cash monies or whatever during the first few weeks after release.

Sublustris wrote:

I think they are legally obliged not to disclose that kind of information. If there are no information about when or if protection will be gone, then there will be more people that will buy the game, instead of waiting to pirate it (and I'm talking only about those kind of people here).

Maybe they are obligated to not discuss the matter, but maybe not.  I have no idea what sort of legal agreements they have on their side.  I don't think that disclosing their plans would affect the outcome though.  Those who don't plan to buy it probably still won't buy it and either wait or pirate something else.  If piracy is an option for these people then they've already decided that they don't want to pay for it - DRM or no DRM.

Actually, I could see Amplitude disclosing their plans to be advantageous for them.  If they do announce that the DRM will be removed after, say, 3 weeks then the DRM cracking community may ignore Humankind entirely because they don't think it's worth the effort since the DRM is going to be removed anyway.  So that may actually strengthen the protection during the period that the DRM is active.  (Or maybe not...  From what I have read about Denuvo and DRM in general, cracking DRM seems to be a challenge/game to some of them so there may be some who will still try.  It would weaken the incentive though.)

Oh, its got Denuvo, I'll just go then.

Edit - I'll check back in October

Look at today`s news: Might and Magic X: Legacy from 2014 made by Limbic/Ubisoft the latest from one of the most iconic RPG series ever made spanning over decades (Might and Magic 1 was released in 1986) had it`s DRM servers closed and because of the heavy DRM Ubisoft used in Might and Magic X, you can`t play it`s DLC anymore and also the players can`t progress past act 1 in the main game, making the game unusable. In response to the user`s cry for help because the game they own or just bought can`t be played anymore due to DRM servers closing, Ubisoft just pulled the game form Steam. This is what the future may also hold for Humankind or any DRM heavy game. Just search the internet about this topic and see for yourselves.