Earlier this week at Gamescom, Iredeto’s Denuvo launched a “Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection Solution” to protect games launched on hybrid systems.
It would essentially be included in Switch games to try to prevent them from playing on emulators. Denuvo, as you probably already know, doesn’t have the best reputation on PC – with the technology often accused of undermining performance in games.
Since this announcement, there have been some concerns about Nintendo’s involvement. According to Kotaku, a Denuvo spokesperson clarified that Nintendo is not participating in this new Switch DRM initiative. This solution is clearly in response to demand from existing Denuvo publishing partners, and it also shows how performance will not be affected:
“Because of NDAs, we are not allowed to disclose the company name, but this solution can be said to come from strong demand from publishing partners. Software publishers and Denuvo take great care to deliver the best gaming experience… Protections are designed to not affect the player’s experience and not have any impact on performance. performance in the game. This new solution does the same where protection only works in non-performance critical sections of code.”
Denuvo also mentions how the technology for the Switch will not require online testing and is a solution designed to be completely offline.
Over the past few days, there’s been a lot of speculation from the Switch hacking and modding community about how Nintendo might be involved in this new initiative, of all sorts:
@OatmealDome – I have to ask them [Irdeto] statement about Nintendo not participating, because they have to (at least a little). To develop software for the Switch, they must have access to the SDK and toolkit, and that requires Nintendo to provide your company with a developer account.
And here’s another from Nintendo Life user and programmer LuigiBlood (via Twitter):
“It may not be obvious, but this anti-emulator system must be approved and required by Nintendo because otherwise it will not pass the lottery test. Nor can it be a measure of DRM: Nintendo is the only one that has control over DRM on their system. It’s just Denuvo by name.”
“… Nintendo is clearly not involved in this. And if Nintendo develops anti-piracy/anti-emulation measures… you could also include these in a module on the transmitter. their software developers, not a separate third-party Article.”
Switch emulation platforms have also announced they will continue to develop emulation for Nintendo’s hybrid systems in response to this announcement:
You can learn more about Denuvo for Switch in Our original Nintendo Life story. How do you feel about Denuvo ‘Switch Emulator Protection’ coming to Switch? Let us know below.
