Raids in Mexico seize 28,800 pirated games

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Not to mention those stupid extra months of wait... Everytime I pick up a games magazine in spanish, they are talking about months old games!

Sadly enough, I'd have to agree with you: I used to live in Vietnam, where the average income is nothing compared to the traditional videogame-serviced countries.

You end up buying pirated games from fake retailers for a dollar each because there aren't any other viable options left.



It's funny how those countries are incredibly fond of videogames, yet for some reason, publishers don't want to service them with reasonable options.

But it's their loss: people wonder why free microtransaction-based MMOs are popular in Asia.

Video games are hideously over-priced when compared to other entertainment media, this is true. That being said, using the price as an excuse for piracy really doesn't work.

At the end of the day, they are luxury items - not necessities. If you can't afford them, then you either need to save up or go without. This instant gratification mindset is why this planet is becoming such a cesspit; and piracy at large is why video game publishers are so risk-adverse, causing release schedules to become so bland and predictable.

I do think the industry as a whole needs to address pricing as a means to expand the audience and combat piracy, and you're right - microtransactions are one way to do that. But nothing justifies theft.

that's right they do, my cousin bought a couple of used games when he visited the States because they only sell new ones in Mexico and for $80 or more...not fun if you're a gamer and a student not making enough money. I don't think this excuses the piracy, it's still wrong, but I do wish fellow gamers around the world had an easier time enjoying videogames among other things

Phew, I'm not the only one.

Well, when the games are priced with a 30 or 40% markup from the retail priced that you get in the US, it's fucking OBVIOUS that stuff like that is gonna happen.

I'm sure that the piracy % gets lower as you get closer to the frontier with the US, since it's easier just to cross to the US and buy the original game, which is what I do. Fuck Mexican gaming stores, I'm not paying 80 dlls for a 40 dlls game!

Just wait a little bit, the way things are going, the Peso will be worth more than the Dollar soon enough so you guys will be all set.

I buy everything legal so sthu (No I don't share my stuff with anyone) but yeah there is a huge piracy problem in México yet there a lot of people buying their stuff legal mostly because Microsoft and Nintendo have supplied México with more games at better prices. Well yeah some games still cost 100$ but the prices of some Nintendo and MS games have dropped, I bought No more heroes on 40$ pretty neat considering it was brand new at the time and it was a great game.

My daily job is take down pirates and if you think México is bad check Perú, at least in México they do something.

Well on topic I hope Sony realizes México is a good market since we don’t get a lot of support from Sony here and the price of the PS3 here is very high (USD 800$) I would also like to mention that getting Pc games in México is almost impossible and getting hardware pieces is even harder (weird considering that Carlos Slim owns CompUSA)
That was the reason I returned to console gaming.

Are you from Mexico ESC? thats a little surprising.

“Just wait a little bit, the way things are going, the Peso will be worth more than the Dollar soon enough so you guys will be all set”.

You know that's bad right?

I thought that was known /:

I don't bring that up too much because that's a good way to get into a fight with a troll, is the internets after all and even if I won I get B&.

That was what happened in kotaku, I won but I got B&, same in GS forums, SW forums etc etc. That doesn’t means I won’t be back. I had 15 different Gs accounts, too bad they did B& the one I used for the serious stuff. Man I was in 20 groups and had 30 friends, stupid GS mods.

i think mr esc you are f***ing wrong, in México Sony gives a lot of support compared to nintendo, since most part of the games cost the same here, MX, as there, US, and obviously the ps3 does not cost 800 dlls, i got a 60 gb one at 6999 MXN, about 650 dlls, incluiding taxes. and pc hardware is very cheap, talking about proccesor and video cards, donde carajos compras??

En el Estado de México ya que es una potente existencia moral (Que diablos significa eso?)

Si hablas de los componentes que tienen en el bazar o en la plaza son pura fayuca yo se de donde los obtienen.
No puedo obtener una buena Nvidia aqui más que importando que es una molestia.

Gamplanet lo vende a 8999$ el PS3 pero claro es la version más cara,si en el liverpool esta más barato pero es la versión sin juegos.

I don't even know why that fucken tax is implemented, I mean, it's not like its protecting the mexican market or anything.

Yeah there are a lot of folks buying their stuff original but well games aren't really necessary so is not a big deal if you can't afford them I mean why people buy pirate stuff Music, DVDs or even games aren't necessary shouldn't they be saving for education and stuff?

Speaking globally there are people that can buy videogames and music and they rather use limeware and torrents, WTF with them?

Well, it has to do mainly with the retailers because they pay to get the games here, specially with Nintendo since there is no official Nintendo here in Mexico. I don't know why Microsoft and Sony charge more for their games and consoles though.

Well, it's not really hard realize why games and consoles cost more here. Transport and import of the games. I mean, I live in Hermosillo, Sonora, finding good games on cheap prices here is almost impossible, they would come to cost 70-80dlls when on the US are 40 or 50, don't mention the brand new one's, i saw the other on a Blockbuster a SSBB on 90dlls!!!!

But not everything is lost, there are people who goes to the US, buys games, and sell em only for 5 dlls more than what they cost original, sad thing, this guy hasn't been able to get a hold of a Brawl, other way i'd be playing Brawl right now instead of posting a comment, xD

I can't say "I have never done piracy", cuz i have, i mean, I have played a lot of emulator games, i have emulated lots of burned psx, also original, lot's of downloaded or burned pc games, but it's because of the same thing, some times, games don't reach this side till one year later or so, and I want em to play em now, so my only option is to download em, and when I get go visit my sis on phoenix, i buy the ones that I liked a lot. Also, know with the recent consoles, come, PS2 and GameCube perfect emulation is not coming for a while so I bougth my Wii and 2 years ago my sis won a PS2 and gave it to me, so I spend lot's of times on web-selling pages looking for people selling their games cheap, also I go to Bookmans, I always find some good games to buy

I'm not against piracy, it's something that hardcore latinoamerican people need to satisfy our needs, but we do know thats we are hurting the game industry by doing it. It's a shame that GAMELA, the representant of Nintendo in Mexico is not functioning anymore, or hasn't done much if it's still on business.

Also, a little off-topic as a general knowledge, La Procuraduría General de la República (PGR), would be the Mexican version of SWAT and the Agencia Federal de Investigaciones (AFI) something like FBI, we still don't have any kind of CIA or Interpol though, xD

Its not me :p. I dont sell my games, nor do I own 28800 of them, or even close to that ammount. I wonder who buys pirated games? You can just get them yourself for free on the internet. If your gonna pay for pirated content, you might as well pay for the real thing.

And mexico with games is alot like Pacific mall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall

. Raids occur, but its useless, as the next day they are back selling. I have seen dvd stores raided by the police at PM before and the next day theres some dude setting up in the exact same shop location with thousands of pirated dvds. Mexico losses 28 800 pirated games today, 30 000 new ones are produced for tomorrow.

(because we just cross the river...duuuuh!)to buy games than to buy them here.


Well you do that I take use Continental and American airlines to get to the U.S mostly NY and Orlando (Wee Universal) ;)

Damn what the hell.

You know before 2000 I used to love the U.S since I mostly visit for either Business or Vacation and in a date almost near my birthday so it was awesome just go there and get new games, I still remember when I first went to a circuit city and bought Diablo and Hexen 2.Then after 2000 the security measures (you know for the um 9 11) were really an annoyance but it was okay I mean it didn’t stop me from going to Disneyworld 2 times in a year or New york but after 2006 it really was a pain in the ass and this attitude some Americans (I’m tempted to say Gringos here)have about Mexicans really pissed me off, I mean have paid taxes in the U.S for over what 10 years now.
Really notice the difference between the Illegal aliens and the paying tourist/business men for Christ sake, you are losing money in tourism for that attitude but okay if you don’t want my money I guess Canada will be happy to accept it.

Wow I'm surprised you even know about the existence of another country I thought your view of the world was limited in your crappy mobile home.

See I can be even more racist, don’t even try fighting me back you‘ll lose.

What the f*ck is with your racist comments here and in other places? You don't know jack sh*t about Mexican people or Mexican Americans. Most of my family have PhDs (one DDS) and I bet we contribute way more to society than your sorry ass. Get off the internets.

Richie

Your sad. Its important to embrace the Mexican people. You DO know that by 2030-2040 Mexicans are going to be the majority right? Unless your like 80 then you dont care but thats doubtful. Dont be surprised if little Candice or Kimberly get with an "ESE" LMAO!!!!!

Good times...

So along with JSN and John McPoop we have another racist on the site. Best keep an eye on the racists, Joystiq. That kind of behaviour really shouldn't be tolerated.

Banter, arguments, console wars yes. Racism is too much.

They should one of those raids on Peru, from what I've hear they have the high % in piracy in the whole americas.

Oh boy tell me about it. Part of my job is watch for sites that sell pirate stuff in Latin America and sometimes the U.S and Canada so I have to be constantly watching (it was one of my first jobs, the pay was decent) and without entering in details I was blown by the amount of pirate software they had and I’m not talking about videogames. The thing is that you can’t do much about it because you can’t contact with those sites since is restricted to citizens of Peru only, I mean they had pirate stuff in a legal site(Rematazo), is the Latin version of Ebay and the competence of Mercado Libre.

The good thing is that is limited to certain areas within Perú.

woah, a pretty-mexican-gamer-girl, impressive, aside from my cousin, long no see one
:D

Actually, it's not much of a surprise, I have a lot of girl-friends who are also hardcore gamers and pretty cute, specially in the MMORPG market, also my girlfriend is a KOF addict, but still can't beat me, ha!

Of every 10 guys, there are 3 girls gamers