Diablo II Resurrected, is the remastering of the mythical classic isometric RPG from Activision-Blizzard. Recently there was a controversy around this title. In this case it turns around GDN, a system used in this title to prevent the distribution of illegal copies of it. This all happened thanks to a Twitter account called Does it play?. This account is dedicated to checking if it is possible to continue playing certain titles without having the console connected to the Internet. In this game, a peculiarity has been found. That’s it, if after 30 days the console does not connect to the internet to verify that it is an original copy, it does not allow access to the game.
Diablo 2 this is the first game to use this system on consoles
Diablo 2 chose to implement this system not only on PC, but also on console. In this way, it became the first console video game to implement this system. Hopefully this doesn’t set an industry precedent and we won’t have to see more cases like this in the future. Without a doubt, these systems are one of the greatest threats to the preservation of video games.
The use of DRM systems prevent and endanger the preservation of video games. Because, generally, they use servers where they must carry out these checks. In the event of failure or permanent shutdown of this server, many games using this system will become unplayable. The same can happen if the console itself loses internet connectivity due to an internal fault. Whether we have a physical or digital copy of the game.
Then we leave you the tweet to the account that revealed this information. As always, if you want to hear more about this kind of news, be sure to stop by your place here in the Xbox Zone.
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