XBox Piracy bust

[meltdown75]

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[Riceball]

All the xbox piraters I know are savy enough to either dl the games or rip them.

 

[EyeMWing]

A piracy bust in Canada? WTF?

 

[OulOat]

Hahaha, pwned

 

[Jassi]

Thats right near where I used to live!

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
A piracy bust in Canada? WTF?

that's pretty much what I thought... :shocked:

 

[Gravity]

Fools!

Anytime you try to sell stuff it's like waving a red flag over your head.

 

[Zim Hosein]

A search warrant was executed at the home, during which the following was seized: five computers; equipment related to the manufacturing, testing and distribution of counterfeit Xbox games; two modified Xbox systems used to play the counterfeit games; three CD carrying cases containing more than 500 counterfeited games; more than 2,400 blank DVDs; and Internet orders for games.

Off-site back-up location is key!

 

[mugs]

Idiots.

 

[FleshLight]

Isn't that Blockbuster unlimited rental thing cheaper than those $7 games?

 

[blurredvision]

I hate when they say it cost the game industry so much money. They always say piracy costs the industry billions of dollars each year, but would each person who pirates a game have actually bought it if piracy wasn't available?

 

[Bootprint]

I love the way they toss out BS numbers.

"Based on an average cost per legitimate game of US$50, investigators estimate the loss to the gaming industry and retailers at approximately US$735,000. This total does not include loss of tax revenue. "

I hope their lawyer makes MS say what it cost them to make the game. I bet you that 50 dollars really should only be $20.

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I hate when they say it cost the game industry so much money. They always say piracy costs the industry billions of dollars each year, but would each person who pirates a game have actually bought it if piracy wasn't available?

For some reason, that doesn't make any damn sense.

 

[SSP]

Why don't they take a walk around Chinese... err... Pacific Mall. I dont think anything they sell is legal.

 

[Riceball]

Originally posted by: SSP
Why don't they take a walk around Chinese... err... Pacific Mall. I dont think anything they sell is legal.

"Be a man...."

Cookie for those who got the reference.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Chraticn

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I hate when they say it cost the game industry so much money. They always say piracy costs the industry billions of dollars each year, but would each person who pirates a game have actually bought it if piracy wasn't available?

For some reason, that doesn't make any damn sense.

Of course it makes sense. If I download a music CD, it doesn't mean I would've actually bought it had it not been available for download. Maybe I downloaded it out of convenience and wouldn't have cared about it otherwise.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: Riceball

Originally posted by: SSP
Why don't they take a walk around Chinese... err... Pacific Mall. I dont think anything they sell is legal.

"Be a man...."

Cookie for those who got the reference.

LOL, I love that guy's chinese accent.

 

[shilala]

Brilliant.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Riceball

Originally posted by: SSP
Why don't they take a walk around Chinese... err... Pacific Mall. I dont think anything they sell is legal.

"Be a man...."

Cookie for those who got the reference.

Russell Peters.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: SSP
Why don't they take a walk around Chinese... err... Pacific Mall. I dont think anything they sell is legal.

I thought they were mostly vietnamese...

 

[EvilYoda]

Man, I haven't been to Pacific Mall in months...I miss Toronto.

mmmmm, foooooooood. No place to go for some decent "small dragon buns" around Detroit, shocking I know.

 

[Kishan]

Keyword: Selling!

 

[spanky]

Based on an average cost per legitimate game of US$50, investigators estimate the loss to the gaming industry and retailers at approximately US$735,000. This total does not include loss of tax revenue.

i think that's stretching the truth a bit, but none the less.... cost microsoft a few pennies.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
A piracy bust in Canada? WTF?

Quite frequent actually. About a year and a half ago, there was a string of bust (on behalf of MS) of tech repair shops up here for repairing/install Windows without original CDs. The shop i worked at the time didn't get busted, but about 4 others on the same street did.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Hardcore

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
A piracy bust in Canada? WTF?

Quite frequent actually. About a year and a half ago, there was a string of bust (on behalf of MS) of tech repair shops up here for repairing/install Windows without original CDs. The shop i worked at the time didn't get busted, but about 4 others on the same street did.

Actually now that you mention it, a place I purchased a Pentium 200MMX system from in Windsor was busted in 1996 or so... same thing... Windows 95 warez version installs for customers and no Windows CD included with a new system!! OMGWTF it makes me shudder now