Chinese knockoffs are believed to be responsible for gains of up to one-third in market share in the online game industry.
Tag: Video Game Piracy
Data on the pirating of video games. Statistics on video game piracy and other content piracy activities around the world. Database included movie and music piracy.
Internet piracy from P2P networks
Depending on the region of the world, Peer to Peer networks account 43 percent to 70 percent of software, movie, music and video game piracy.
Internet piracy traffic worldwide
Piracy on the Internet represents between 50 to 75 percent of all Internet traffic worldwide.
Video game piracy in Brazil
Video game piracy in Brazil causes 94 percent of all video games sold in the country to be pirated.
Video game piracy in Malaysia
83 percent of all video games bought and played in Malaysia are pirated copies.
Piracy’s impact to the US economy
Piracy of movies, music, software and video games in the United States causes losses of $58 Billion a year.
Video Games Piracy Losses by Country
Losses and statistics from video game piracy by country. Country losses from pirated video games.
Internet piracy losses in the UK
Internet piracy in the United Kingdom is responsible for half of all Internet traffic in the country. 7 million people are estimated to access illegal downloads each year. The piracy of movies, music, books, software and video games is valued at $19 Billion (12 Billion British Pounds).
Video Game Piracy Market Value: $3.5 Billion
The Electronic Software Association estimates piracy losses to entertainment software companies to be about $3.5 billion.
Piracy in the United States
Piracy in the United States causes $2.3 Billion in losses to copyright holders.