Have the urge to steal but want to steal something cool? Well, all the cool kids are stealing game consoles.
I don't know why the FBI is tracking this, but they say that the theft of videogame consoles has risen 285 percent since 2007. Again, I had no idea they were counting, but they say that 2007 saw 11,074 systems stolen. That sounds like a lot, but it rose to 21,732 in 2008 and almost doubled to 42,615 in 2009.
They guess that this is due to the portable size of the...portables, which kid of makes sense. Small targets that would sell for a decent amount is what I'd steal if I were a thieving as*hole.
Hey, anyone wanna buy a DSi. I got an...erm...an extra one here.
[via GI.biz]
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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9:00 AM on 12.16.2009 | 
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Why doesn't the company that makes the system give an option to "lock" or "locate" the system after it's been reported stolen? It's not like they aren't capable of identifying your specific system over their network (specifically PS3 and Xbox360)... Then again that might violate some privacy act or something... But still.. I have to "Activate" my ps3, and I set it to prompt for a password when you want to login to the network. I know the xbox has this same feature.. why isn't this being used to countermeasure theft? It's a pain in the ass to replace some things after they've been lifted, even WITH insurance.
BTW, Dale, There's a typo in your short article: "They guess that this is due to the portable size of the...portables, which kid of makes sense." Shouldn't it "kind of" make sense?
Someone tries to steal my consoles, I'm going to jail for murder.