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Italian Police Seize $50 Million In Counterfeit Retro Gaming Consoles And Games (www.retronews.com)
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Italian police recently dismantled a significant video game trafficking ring, seizing counterfeit retro consoles and pirated games valued at approximately $50 million. The operation involved the confiscation of around 12,000 fake consoles and over 47 million pirated games.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What a joke. Valuing pirated games as full value for a fucking video game bust.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All those LOST SALES

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

The without calculating in any SASA LELEs for such old titles, thats is still extreme value.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They just wanted something to play at the Police station.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Important to look as good as possible on the end of the year report...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

“Approximately” 4100 dollars per console?