In a raid conducted today by Mexican authorities, 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products were seized, which included 4,500 counterfeit Wii software discs.
This raid in Guadalajara is the continuation of Nintendo's actions in the region. Just last month they busted the shipment of 5,500 counterfeit Nintendo products entering Manzanillo from China, and prior to that they helped authorities in a raid of the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, where more than 56,000 counterfeit Nintendo products (including 11,000 fake Wii games) were confiscated from over 20 stores.
"Mexico is Nintendo's largest market in Latin America, where the problem of video game piracy is widespread," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy. "Since January, Nintendo has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide to seize 100,000 counterfeit Wii games."
It seems like Nintendo is rolling up their sleeves and taking care of business. The press release says that Nintendo figures that they lost $762 million in 2006 due to piracy, so you really can't blame them for wanting to take care of this problem.
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11:52 PM on 08.17.2007
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Anyway, Mexicans have money to spend on electronics?
I need not say more.
Which only proves the point further. Why the hell are they hopeing over the border if they can afford frekin Wii's?
And, quite honestly, I have NO fucking idea why businesses do that. Microsoft sells cheap versions of their software in poor countries, though, so some businesses got the right idea.
Did Nintendo even make over $762 million?
Yeah, but tequila makes wonders with your memory =)
actually, you can get you wii modded in the same market where you buy the pirated games
this has been going on since CDs began being used on videogames, it's not like 10 years havent taught people what to do
when/if we see games becoming downloadable only, that'll probably be when sales increase a lot..until someone finds out how to pirate it too
you can buy a console, but you got almost no games, no accesories, no garanties, don`t even think about demanding online gaming. even in my country where dolar price is low, we can buy games at a decent price, because we're limited by private importers who can charge wathever crazy price they ask.
Do you think ALL mexicans can afford Wiis and/or hop over the border?
I live in the city and I buy my games in a bazaar. They sell original and pirate games. I only buy original games because in the bazaar the prices are lower (50 - 60 USD) and the games are distributed legally.
what? no one copy things in the u.s, canada or the u.k
piracy is a structural problem fueled by crazy prices in electronics in general and "clever" bussiness who saw an excelent way to win money
Different prices in different countries are most likely due to HIGH IMPORT TAXES imposed by the latin countries. It's not Sony/MS/Nintendo trying to rape latin people any more than any other. Economics still apply. The higher the price, the less you sell, and the lower the profit is.
If on a few vendors are able to import, they effectively set the price due to an allowed monopoly on a device. Blame them, not the company that makes the consoles.
Also, it is not anyone's god given right to play games and thieve them. Piracy happens all over the place, true, but it's not right anywhere. If businesses didn't make money then they would not exist. However, you will need to look more deeply at the problem and figure out why the same product costs way more in one country vs another. US is cheap (relatively) because things imported are probably not taxed as much. Keeps inflation low (but we lose jobs...)
a lot of gamers here have try to import from the u.s, but ebgames,amazon and others charge like they sending things to fucking Atlantis
i'm talking on behalf of my country taxes are way low, considering jus south america, so is not that.
there are stores trying to charge fair prices, taking advantange of the low dollar price and with the 360, they setting an example, but is limited.
but some companies never learn and Sony Chile is charching us$ 681 for a ps3 and 81 bucks for a game
almost anything electronic on the streets is pirated....the real stuff is all in the stores...