Patching in new DRM years after launch seems unlikely to impact pirates, but actively harms legitimate users who play on Steam Deck or mod games they paid for.
While this is awful for a company to do and I’m 100% against drm in games in general I do think the steam deck issue is being overblown. Valve quickly put out a proton update that fixed compatibility on steam deck. The game works fine now.
Only because it’s a game big enough for the relevant people to take notice. A smaller game would just stay broken, due to some suit’s whims. This practice needs to end.
While this is awful for a company to do and I’m 100% against drm in games in general I do think the steam deck issue is being overblown. Valve quickly put out a proton update that fixed compatibility on steam deck. The game works fine now.
Only because it’s a game big enough for the relevant people to take notice. A smaller game would just stay broken, due to some suit’s whims. This practice needs to end.