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Italian Police Seize $50 Million In Counterfeit Retro Gaming Consoles And Games (www.retronews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Kain1@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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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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[–] BenFranklinsDick@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All those LOST SALES

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Electricblush@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They just wanted something to play at the Police station.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 7 points 1 month ago

“Approximately” 4100 dollars per console?