Games rank low on worldwide contraband chart

The pirated video games market might be valued at $3 billion, but that figure is paled by the gobs of cash circulating the pirated movies ($18.2 billion) and software ($34 billion) trades. Indeed, pirated games rank a lowly 25th among the world's leading illegal markets; perhaps a testament to gamers' respect for game makers.

Then again, if today's pirated games were as easy to play as pirated films are to view -- or as simple to install as pirated software -- we'd likely see a shift in the contraband rankings chart. Remember Dreamcast? There's a reason why console security has tightened over the years.

[Via The Last Boss]