ESA raids illegal game marketplace in Mexico

One of the main things that hurts the video game industry is piracy. Some individuals know how to hack Xbox 360 or PSP consoles and play illegal copies of games on them with relative ease. There are DRM protection methods to help curb piracy on PC but consoles are quickly becoming another avenue for pirates to pillage.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) isn’t taking this problem lightly as it had in a recent raid in Guadalajara, Mexico. With the help of Mexican authorities, the ESA recovered a treasure cove of illegal games.

The San Juan de Dios Market was the target for the operation in which 91,200 games, 130,000 video game cover inserts and 3,200 video game boxes were successfully recovered. The CEO of the ESA Michael D.Gallagher gave thanks to the authorities that conducted this raid by saying markets such as these hurt legitimate places of business and the ESA will continue to support other law enforcement agencies around the world in this regard.

The ESA’s press releases didn’t state what games were seized or which consoles those games belonged to. The recovered games were just a portion of 20 tons of materials that were seized from this particular market.

Read [Webwire] Via [GamePolitics]