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NoCtiS_NoX on 28 October 2009

Source: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/10/28/game_shop_burglaries/

 

Game Shop Burglaries Reveal Clear System Bias

Two game shops in Shiga Prefecture were burglarized last night. Which system most attracted the culprits' attention?

Posted Oct 28, 2009 at 15:08, by Anoop Gantayat

According to MSN Sankei News, a game shop in the city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, was burglarized last night. At about 1:50, culprits broke through the shop's glass front door and proceeded to steal 504 games totaling two million yen in value.

It's unclear if this is related, but the site also reports that another game shop in Shiga Prefecture, this time in the city of Hikone, was burglarized about an hour later. Culprits walked away with 40 games, valued at 160,000 yen.

Surprisingly, prefectural police provided a specific system-by-system break down of the stolen merchandise, at last allowing us the answer the age old question of console is most popular amongst thieves.

The break down for the Moriyama break in is:

  • PSP: 200 games
  • PS3: 140 games
  • Wii: 100 games
  • Xbox 360: 20 games

Looks like the PSP wins. But not so fast! The stolen games from the Hikone shop were all PS3. That brings PSP and PS3 to similar levels of popularity amongst criminals.

Good news! It looks like the shops were equipped with security cameras, so we may get a chance to see these Sony-biased thieves at some point.



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nightsurge on 28 October 2009

Lol because after they bought PS3's they couldn't afford games! I kid I kid.



Garnett on 28 October 2009

Only in japan, not even crooks want a 360!



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Ajescent on 28 October 2009

shouldn't ps3/360 games cost the same...?



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nightsurge on 28 October 2009
Garnett said:

Only in japan, not even crooks want a 360!

Lol, I didn't even take the time to notice this was in Japan.  That explains it.  Not news.  Everyone move along.



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outlawauron on 28 October 2009
nightsurge said:
Garnett said:

Only in japan, not even crooks want a 360!

Lol, I didn't even take the time to notice this was in Japan.  That explains it.  Not news.  Everyone move along.

Because America has a Shiga prefecture?



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Ajescent on 28 October 2009

Didn't you know?



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NoCtiS_NoX on 28 October 2009
nightsurge said:
Garnett said:

Only in japan, not even crooks want a 360!

Lol, I didn't even take the time to notice this was in Japan.  That explains it.  Not news.  Everyone move along.

Uhmm.. I didn't post this because I thought this was new worthy. I posted it just for the lolz.



V-r0cK on 28 October 2009

One robber complains to the other robber for stealing the 20 360 games - "what the hell were u thinking we dont even own a 360 and barely anybody would want these games!"

seriously i wanna know what 20 360 games that appealed to them, im guessing multiple copies of RPGs



nightsurge on 28 October 2009

You never know.... Really I didn't take the time to read much other than to read the numbers and post my little joke Meant no harm in it. It's just that now after reading it, it makes perfect sense and really isn't much news, either, that the PSP and PS3 had the most stolen.