“Spore” is the most pirated PC game in 2008
The computer game “Spore:” is the most pirated game in 2008.
From the BBC:
Will Wright’s evolutionary epic video game - Spore - has been named the most pirated PC game of 2008, according to the TorrentFreak weblog.
The site used data provided by the peer-to-peer sharing protocol, BitTorrent, to compile a list of the 10 most downloaded [...]
Is piracy overblown?
Epicenter blog at Wired Magazine asks whether the figures surrounding piracy are bigger than the actual financial impact.
The post offers numerous links and stories on video game piracy, movie piracy, and the recent stories on textbook piracy.
Read the entire post here.
Give computer games away for free to combat piracy
A leading computer game creator is arguing for games to be released for free to combat video game piracy.
From BBC News:
Computer games experts have devised a way to beat the pirates who cost their industry a fortune.
Manufacturers plan to give away their games for free.
The scheme was revealed by one of the industry’s leading entrepreneurs, [...]
Video Game Piracy Market Value: $3.0 Billion
Video Game Piracy is the unauthorized copying, selling, and distributing of licensed video games without the permission of the copyright holder.
The Electronic Software Association estimates piracy losses to entertainment software companies to be $3 billion.
Source: Electronic Software Association, “Anti-Piracy FAQ,” (accessed: May 17, 2005).
Nintendo lost $762 million to piracy in 2006
An official with Nintendo was quoted stating that Nintendo and its game developers and publishers may have lost $762 million to video game piracy in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, ” Raids in 16 States Seek to Thwart Video Game Piracy,” New York Times, August 2, 2007.
Nintendo and publishers loses $975 million to piracy
From the Business Review:
Nintendo of America Inc. said piracy of its games around the world cost the Redmond, Wash. company, as well as its game developers and publishers, nearly $1 billion last year.
So the company is asking the U.S. Trade Representative office to crack down on offending countries, and pointed out China as the worst [...]
90 percent of Nintendo DS users play pirated games, or not
The Sunday Post, a UK publication, reported this week that an industry official stated 90 percent of Nintendo users in the United States are playing pirated games.
In an articled titled “Chips are down for Super Mario,” Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) manager John Hiller was discussing the R4, a computer chip that allows [...]
