Denuvo is just another SecuRom. Developers that are actually knowledgeable understand that overly intrusive DRM only gets in the way of making a good game. They also understand that piracy isn't something that most people, even on PC, engage in. Look at Skyrim, you could pirate that game before it even officially released an yet it is the top selling PC game. The same is true of Fallout 4 and Call of Duty Advanced Warfare. All publishers are doing is wasting time and resources on draconian DRM solutions that ultimately fail in the end.

One of the best examples of this is Homefront Revolution which sold terribly. It took forever for Denuvo to be cracked on it, but that didnt make people buy it any more than they would have initially brought it. Simply put, people that wanted the game brought it, people that didnt want the game either played it by game sharing or renting a console version. In the end, the game was a failure and Denuvo didnt stop that from happening.

Rather than waste money on DRM companies need to invest money in making a compelling game. That is the lesson you can take away from Bethesda's approach to DRM.

I would also like to throw a bone to good old games aka gog.

Newer games are cracked within a week now. Some older games aren't cracked because there is a huge backlog of games to crack and only one group doing it.

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Let me be clear. This is sarcasm