Video games giant suffers $975 million in lost sales during 2007
Nintendo of America has requested that the US Trade Representative encourages governments to take a more aggressive stance in combating piracy.
Nintendo has highlighted China as a primary source of manufacturing pirated DS and Wii games, with Korea emerging as the leader in distributing illegal files over the internet. Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Hong Kong were also highlighted by the company.
“The unprecedented momentum enjoyed by Nintendo DS and Wii makes Nintendo an attractive target for counterfeiters,” said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America’s senior director of anti-piracy.
“We estimate that in 2007, Nintendo, together with its publishers and developers, suffered nearly $975 million USD worldwide in lost sales as a result of piracy. Nintendo will continue to work with governments around the world to aggressively curtail this illegal activity.”
This news follows concerns over the R4 chips, which allows gamers to download and play DS titles for free.
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Again...
These estimations are bull****, as usual from Nintendo. There is no way they can estimate the pirates numbers and damages.
Re: Again...
After comments by ELSPA (sp?) about the prolific use of the R4 chips, it wouldn't be surprising if these numbers were accurate. Korea's fibre optics system would make it very easy and very fast to hold and distribute the files needed. China on the other hand, argh! dont get me started, why are the Olympics there again? I know its supposed to be about the sport and not politics, but c'mon China shows no respect for international copyright law on anything ever and the idea of introducing western ideas into the country to enable talks about piracy and copyright law is rubbish, a stand needs to be taken against China and soon.
Phew! sorry, got into a bit of a rant there.
Re: Piracy Stinks
Copyrights and trademark are hallmark of innovation. If these rights are not protected, there will be no incentive for one to develop something new. The mentioned of Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay and Hong Kong are no surprise since these are emerging markets where piracy is making legitmate manufacturer/distributor/retailers to be profitable.
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