Report: Most Pirated Japanese DS and PSP Games
It is unclear where this data comes from, but I am guessing it only includes publically accessible BitTorrent trackers and peer-to-peer networks. In reality, the numbers are likely higher.
Across both platforms, the titles most downloaded are "hardcore" games or games that appeal to everyone. Partial lists of the most downloaded games can be found at Siliconera for both the DS and PSP.
CESA does provide an estimate for lost revenue based on the illegal downloads, but converts 1:1, assuming that every download represents a lost sale.
Sony recently attempted to fight piracy with the PSPgo, which largely flopped. Nintendo has been vigilant in going after companies manufacturing or selling hardware needed to play illegal DS games. Expect Nintendo's 3DS and Sony's rumored PSP2 to ramp up the copy-protection.
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In before piracy apologists.
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Or is likely that they just made some large number up of what they think their sales were expected to be vs what it was. Trying to cover their asses to the higher ups. "we only sold 13 million, but it could have been 18m!"
How do we know they even track all public trackers and p2p networks. They might have just looked at one of the most popular trackers with a hundred thousand downloads and said, "hey there's got to be at least 50 times this many"
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