until they are inevitably cracked (which has been done with many denuvo games already) and pirates enjoy better performance once again.

you should check out playnite: https://playnite.link/

I had a similar experience. It's a wonderfully produced product, and I'm sure there's an audience for it. But, for me I couldn't help but keep thinking "This would just be a lot easier if I played the video game."

There's even an incredibly polished co-op mod for the game if the excuse is wanting to play with friends. I'm just not sold on the whole concept of it, frankly.

shouldn't we be working towards a better someday than settling for a worse today?