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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Gears of War: Judgment already pirated, MS warns gamers to ban them

According to http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-19-microsoft-warns-of-console-bans-and-vigorous-action-against-illegal-activity-after-gears-of-war-judgement-leaks-a-month-before-release

 

GoW:Judgment has already been pirated!

Microsoft warns gamers that they will get banned if they are playing it online, like they did with early Halo4-leaks.



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they have a serious pirating problem, maybe they should change the company who is producing the discs, seems there is some guy who is stealing all the data all the time lol



i thought about that, too. But I also think that piracy is not a very big problem for MS, is it?



walsufnir said:
i thought about that, too. But I also think that piracy is not a very big problem for MS, is it?

no clue how big the problem is but i know some people who play a lot of pirated xbox games and i often feel as if games published by microsoft get pirated very early which let me believe it could be always the same guy stealing the data.



I also know a few people who play "for free" but I think that's a special problem in germany - ppl are used to hacking here somehow. I'd say they have a special problem with a distributor than say it is always one guy. I could do some research at tpb but I am too lazy ;)



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I've always wondered how games get pirated before their even released? is someone from the company leaking it out? or some reviewer who got an early copy sold it to make some fast cash?



I'm starting to wonder whether 360 pirated games actually cause a significant dent in sales. It certainly could explain less than stellar sales for Gears of War 3, Alan Wake and Mass Effect 3. Maybe Gears J will suffer the same fate.

BTW, yes, Gears 3 and ME3 sold well, but they have not sold more than the previous games.