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Beasts to be starved or fed, depending on one's disposition toward self-flagellation.

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Denuvo

The big one. A DRM scheme which authenticates your game based on your computer's hardware. Can cause performance issues, depending on how it's implemented by the developer. Malware.

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EA App (Formerly Origin)

EA's account-based DRM. Requires the installation of its own launcher, similar to Steam. Both launchers need to be running in order to play.

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Ubisoft Connect (Formerly uPlay)

Ubisoft's account-based DRM. Requires the installation of its own launcher, similar to Steam.

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Games For Windows: Live

Microsoft's attempt to unify Windows games and their Xbox Live service. The service is no longer being developed, and prone to outages. Authentication is sometimes painful, if it works at all.

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SecuROM

Aggressive DRM scheme developed by our friends at Sony. Gained infamy in the late 2000s when it blocked customers from playing physical releases of many EA games. Still used for online authentication.

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