Monster Hunter Rise , the sixth installment of Capcom 's popular action RPG , no longer works on Steam Deck , Valve 's handheld console .
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It appears that immediately after replacing the old digital rights management (DRM) software with a new one, the game no longer opened. Capcom is investigating the issue.
DRM is quite debatable in the PC gaming space.
It's essentially used to thwart piracy and other illegal methods of acquiring intellectual property. However, in practice, DRM tends to protect the software running the game, much like the edges of magnets repel each other. This was the case with Resident Evil Revelations, as Capcom recently added DRM to the 2012 game, causing performance issues and prompting the studio to immediately retract the measure due to negative reviews.
Now, something similar happened with Monster Hunter Rise.
In a Steam update released on January 22nd, Capcom mentioned that “some system data will be updated.” Although the company didn’t elaborate on what that meant, reports said that Capcom replaced Monster Hunter Rise’s DRM technology with Enigma Protector DRM, the same software that had caused problems in Revelations.
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As the video from Twitter user _flowerworks_ shows, Monster Hunter Rise is no longer launching on Steam Deck. Other users on the official subreddit have also reported that the game is not playable after replacing Denuvo with Enigma Protector.
Capcom is aware that Monster Hunter Rise is no longer working and announced on the game's Steam page that the development team is "investigating" the problem.
“There are reports of the game not running on Steam Deck after updating to version 16.0.2.0,” Capcom says. “The team is currently investigating this issue. We will update you as soon as we have more information, so please stay tuned for further information.”
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Kotaku has reached out to Capcom for comment.
It's sad, but it shouldn't surprise you. In October 2023, Capcom stated during an R&D presentation that mods (game modifications) are not much different from cheating. Since DRM not only addresses piracy, but also tampering with game files, of course the company will do everything it can to prevent people from tampering with Capcom's games by any means possible. That doesn't make it acceptable, especially if the software is breaking a game.
Source: kotaku.com
