If you think the 360 piracy rates are bad. Well PC game piracy is a lot bigger. Game developers have consequenntly turned away from PC game developments due to widespread piracy issues. Console gaming is considered less a problem from piracy due to it taking more effoet to pirate games: soft and hard mods are needed to play pirated games on consoles. Ironically the people who pirate PC games complain there games do not work online.
The Wii, DS and PSP all are plagued as much or more than the 360 in regards to pirates that adversely impact on game sales. Only the PS3 is the only console that is pirate free. If you so want a pirate free console and it is such a huge issue for you well PS3 is the answer.
Piracy adversely impacts on music, films, video game sales. The creative talent miss out on the profits they deserve for their artistic talents. The money a lot or pirates gets goes towards financing illegal activities such as terrorism and organised crime gangs. It is not as simple as poor people making money to support their families.
There may be poor people selling pirated goods to feed their familes but they are often work for organised crime syndicates who take most of the profits from the distribution of pirated goods. Authorities can only do so much in controlling piracy in their own backyards. Some poorer countries there are little or no piracy laws and autghorities can be easily bribed to remain silent on the issue.
Banning 360s from being played online is not much of a punishment it would be a lot worse if the consoles were bricked. Banned consoles would just be used by people to play pirated games offline.
It is so hard to detect a pirate these days. They no longer walk around with a peg leg, an eye patch, a hook and yellow teeth.
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