Hot on the heels of the incredible resurgence in the series' player counts following the Monster Hunter Wilds reveal, Capcom's continued implementation of DRM software has now effectively broken players' access to Monster Hunter Rise on one of its most perfectly suited platforms: the Steam Deck. Monster Hunter Wilds' announcement at The Game Awards was one of the show's highlights, and the immediate response from fans helped lead to a massive resurgence in Steam player counts for the excellent Monster Hunter World. Rise was also beginning to see an increase in engagement as new players dive into the two most recent entries ahead of Wilds, but the DRM debacle is effectively derailing Monster Hunter Wilds hype train.