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Pirate Gamers Beware

It has been reported that United States Federal Agents raided more than 30 homes and businesses for the purpose of finding devices for pirated video games that could be played on Wii, PS2 and Xbox consoles.

Piracy losses for Nintendo and its game developers and publishers likely totaled $762 million last year alone, said Jodi Daugherty, senior director of anti-piracy at Redmond, Wash.-based Nintendo America.

Daugherty’s five-person team coordinates global anti-piracy efforts for Nintendo’s Japan-based parent company. Since April, the company has helped law enforcement agencies worldwide seize 61,000 counterfeit Wii modification chips, she said.

ICE has been responsible for the importing, installing, selling and distribution of foreign-made devices in the United States. That is all they revealed since they refused to release the names of those targeted.

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