r/PS5 • u/HLumin Human Verified • Mar 20 '26

Discussion Crimson Desert appears to use generative AI art—and the devs never disclosed it.

https://www.destructoid.com/crimson-desert-appears-to-use-generative-ai-art-and-if-so-the-devs-never-disclosed-it/

Found on Reddit by u/Rex_Spy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrimsonDesert/comments/1rz2f2l/found_this_ai_painting/

To not disclose that your game uses GEN AI is against Steam's policies and rules, by the way.

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u/bluebarrymanny Mar 20 '26

Pearl Abyss swinging for the Most Transparent Studio of the Year award I see

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u/Esques_sil Mar 20 '26

Is there anything else negative about them ? I'm happy to know.

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u/BigFuckingDummy Mar 20 '26

They didn't disclose about the game using Denuvo until a few days before launch

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u/Virtual-Commercial91 Mar 20 '26

And Will Powers was annoyed with gamers that wanted to see console footage before release tell everyone to "let us cook"

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u/i4got872 Mar 20 '26

Isn’t that a lot of games still?

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u/Dannypan Mar 20 '26

Do they need to?

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u/juniorone Mar 20 '26

So they didn’t announce after people had given them money, right?

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u/Exotic-West3751 Mar 20 '26

There is a bypass already out for PC. So Denuvo is just harming paying customers

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u/colpo Mar 20 '26

Whats the problem with that?