http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE54B0UD20090512

This is, of course, for all software.  Not just games.  However, I figured it'd be relevant to the interests of people who frequent vgchartz.

Of course it also has the highest software sales in the world by far, so it makes up the highest amount of "lost" revenues.  On the flipside, only 20% of software sold in China is legit and it's not even in the top 7 pirating nations.

Piracy reports are pulled from the anals of analysts.

Only 20%?

You know how stupid high even only 20% is? It may still be the lowest but that's still pretty damn bad.

You would think the gaming's biggest market would also be gaming's biggest piracy ground. Weird..

Woo Twesterm with almost exactly the response I expected. Dude, it's the lowest in the world. Maybe you need to reevaluate what your definition of "stupid high" is. I can't even imagine what sorts of adjectives you'd use for the likes of Zimbabwe, Armenia, Georgia etc. with their 90%+ piracy rates.

I really wonder how they arrive at those numbers.

Doesn't the US also have some of the lowest software prices? From what I've seen, they're very high in Europe, and people in developing economies have less disposible income to spend on computer software and hardware, raising the price from an opportunity cost perspective.

Just searching for an obvious explanation here.

People need to actually read and keep in mind the OP.

This isn't just video game software. That means other things like music as well. I'm surprised it isn't higher.

lol pathetic americans
spending too much money
this may be the reason that cause the recession

its bad when its credit.. from "air" money.