Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed [Sep 14, 2024, 10:53 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
BBC News has details
on a video game crime ring broken-up by Italian authorities that resulted in the
seizure of counterfeit video games and consoles with a street value of over
US$52 million (thanks brother19). The seized games "all from China" are
reportedly now destroyed, and nine individuals face up to eight years in prison
for trading in counterfeit goods. Word is the games were titles popular in the
1980s-90s, and the consoles were imitations of Nintendo, Sega, and Atari systems
which "did not meet strict safety standards."
Around 12,000 consoles holding over 47 million pirated video games were seized by police, Alessandro Langella, head of the economic crime unit for Turin's financial police, told the AFP news agency.
The haul had an estimated value of €47.5m, Mr Langella said, a figure which includes the value of the consoles and hundreds of licenses for the pirated programs.
They were "all from China" and were imported to be sold in specialised shops or online, Mr Langella said.
flechett3 wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 23:37:I think you crossed some numbers there, too. 47 million games at 4 million games per console would be, like, 12 consoles.
So am I crazy or are they saying that the 12000 consoles contained a total of 47 million games? That's almost 4 million games per console. I have a feeling that someone crossed some numbers somewhere.
This article says there were 7,900 games for the PS1, which according to Reddit take up about 4.49 TB. So ~4,000 games/console wouldn't be unbelievable.
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