Well public relations 101 is that you refer to anyone who breaches your security as “highly skilled “
I worked at one of the majors pre-Microsoft acquisition. “Highly skilled” is actually a relative comparison to the security teams at gaming companies, not an industry benchmark comparison. The bar for highly skilled plummets once you include things like social platforms, launchers, and telemetry.
I find it funny that they specifically refer to the past year for a large increase in piracy. Remind me when it was that companies started consistently charging even more for the base package of their games…
Or when they popularized the concept of “base” and “complete” editions as a means of turning a $60 game into a $90 game.
This is precisely why I’ve always waited for the GOTY version to release (or whatever other subtitle they slap on the box) but through all of their BS I find I’m less and less willing to part with my money. Certain companies have become a no-fly zone for me and that list is only growing longer.
They forgot to flag the 1000s of script kiddies with access to the internet.
Emerging?
Were the hackers before not highly skilled? Moderately skilled hackers, perhaps?
Without reading the article, I’m going to guess that crackers have gotten more skilled and the greedy as fuck leeches destroying what is still one of the most profitable industries in the world are especially freaking out about there being others than just a single megalomaniac cracking Denuvo now.
Tbh I’m fine with hackers wrecking the stupid micro transaction companies.
