: How are videogame codes protected ?

508 views

Let’s say you download a game and can play it offline. In theory, everything you need is on your computer, right ? So how come people don’t just find everything, copy it and massively share (or sell for a lower price) folders with everything in ?

In: Technology

7 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Your title and description mean two different things.

For video games that are made in C++, you would need to disassemble the executable file and try to read the machine code ( which is incredible hard as most of it is just nonsense that’s unreadable ). This alone takes up too much time so unless there’s a BIG incentive for the hacker to do so, ( adding viruses to the crackedware and stealing your $$$, etc ), no one will do it.

You can’t just share game files with your friends even if you can play it offline because most of them have basic authentication that prevents you from doing so. Something simple as checking your PC HW ID, etc.

No one sells cracked games because no one is stupid enough to buy them. ( Please don’t confuse this with G2A, etc. Those games are not cracked. Most of them are official games with official accounts or stolen keys that lets you play them… )

Most of the cracked games you see on torrent are riddled with viruses. Even the top torrent users have been caught riddling their “free, crackedware” with viruses.

You are viewing 1 out of 7 answers, click here to view all answers.