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Well we don't know HOW front loaded it is and honestly in this case i do think that LiS wasn't selling as well as Square hoped so they dropped Denuvo. It had a not so good launch week on STEAM.
The game never had Denuvo to begin with - even though it was listed on the store page. Life is Strange: Before the Storm removed it after a week or so - which was great for ultrawide users, as the DRM was interfering with mods and previously required a cracked executable.