Irdeto Denuvo Gets Officially Registered For Nintendo Switch This Week

This week, Irdeto’s Denuvo anti-cheat is officially registered as middleware on Nintendo Switch. In recent time, new countermeasures against cheaters has become a phenomenon for platform holders to limit exploits and other malicious software from intruding on its systems. We saw this attempted with live DRM via Xbox One at its launch. Since then, firms look to third-party to resolve this issue head-on.

Around the launch of the PlayStation 5, Irdeto partnered with Sony Interactive Entertainment to bring Denuvo to the system. And now the same can also be said for Nintendo Switch in the latest announcement this week as the software is officially registered for Nintendo Switch developers.

As gamers, we know first-hand how piracy negatively affects the gaming industry. We’re thrilled to be part of the Nintendo Developers Portal, so that we can provide the latest technologies to help fight this issue for Nintendo Switch players and developers. We witness an increasing need to protect against emulation on PC from game launch, our solution is a must have for publishers to monetize the games fairly on this platform and also not impact PC game sales.

Doug Lowther, Irdeto CEO

“The Nintendo Developer Portal offers documentation, tools and other useful materials for the development of software for Nintendo consoles. Denuvo is the first security partner added to the portal, where developers are now able to access the Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection, a revolutionary technology to protect games launching on Nintendo Switch from piracy.  

“Even if a game is protected against piracy on its PC version, the version released on Nintendo Switch can be emulated from day one and played on PC, therefore bypassing the strong protections offered on the PC version. This can happen with any of the numerous games available on Nintendo Switch. 

“By blocking unauthorized emulations on PC, studios are able to increase their revenue during the game launch window, which is the most important period for monetization. The Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection will ensure that anyone wishing to play the game has to buy a legitimate copy.“

The press release concludes with: “As with all other Denuvo solutions, the technology integrates seamlessly into the build toolchain with no impact on the gaming experience. It then allows for the insertion of checks into the code, which blocks gameplay on emulators.” Do you back Denuvo coming to Nintendo Switch or no?

Source: Irdeto