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Looks like a fella who pirated Modern Warfare 2 has been arrested by Miami-Dade County Police.
Christain Del Amo, who just turned 18 in August, was apparently asking for donations in order to purchase a Modern Warfare 2 360 Bundle on CraigsList for $500, that was stolen from a retail chain’s stockroom.
His plan, was to crack the anti-piracy code in order to distribute counterfeit copies of the game making money in the process. Upon seeing his post on a pirating site, Activision contacted IPCybercrime.com to track him down, which they did over Facebook.
Eventually, the kid hacked the code which was apparently not an issue, as he was known as a modder and had a site for selling modded Xbox 360 hard disks. Miami police were contacted by Del Amo’s “runner” with a disc containing the Modern Warfare 2 limited edition image on it, and police since learned he was in discussions with a Hologram maker to help his copies look even more legitimate.
Detectives in LA also rigged a fake deal to buy two of the stolen bundles off of CraigsList for $800 each, and proceeded with an undercover sting operation and busted the seller, who “admitted to having stolen a crate of the bundles from the backroom of a game retail store”.
Turns out there was another guy involved with the bundle stealing bit there as well.
It’s all very Cops and Robbers stuff, and you can read the full thing through VentureBeat.
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blackdreamhunk said:
how about you show me consoles are not in a decline
sorry I if i was cought off guard with my facts.
I have yet to check other sorces for the must part I reash out before I debate
I even link stuff from EA stating facts
I don’t fully trust your sorces I have to confirm it with other sites and other sorces
because i don’t remeber such numbers they are alot different from what I have seen.
It does not change the fact that blizzard and pc gaming makes a major income for acvision
it takes what 3 console platforms to compete with pc gaming
so if you want to continue your debate with me prove to me that consoles are not in a decline.
if you don’t I am going to think your just wasting my time.
Gekidami said:
“how about you show me consoles are not in a decline”
11%, 43%, 49%
11%, 43%, 49%
11%, 43%, 49%
freedoms_stain said:
Why do you keep saying consoles are in decline?
Because a few devs went bust? During a recession with the highest development costs ever?
In spite of that console hardware continues to sell very well and as is continually pointed out to you, the console market represents the lions share of software sales.
When the hardware and software sales crash you can start raving about decline. Devs going bust means nada. All that really reflects on is the inferior quality or demand for that devs particular products, not the platform the products were released on.
blackdreamhunk said:
so your saying to me the links I have post earlyer are wrong and about the console deline
so that means this creadable website so coming from wall street are wrong
even vg247 not to long ago showed a chart with a console delcline happening
blackdreamhunk said:
Can i ask where is your numbers coming from.
can you at least show me where your getting your numbers
Gekidami said:
/Facepalm.
http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/05/actiblizz-financials-for-q3-better-than-extpected-for-calender-year/comment-page-1/#comments
I guess you were to busy sticking your head in the sand the first time.
blackdreamhunk said:
now i am not talking about acvisions fincal records
I am talking about consoles as whole, prove to me they are not in a deline.
prove to me also pc gaming is not making more than xbox 360
with acvisions records
rpve to me tha pc gaming is not making as much money as the ps3
with acvisions records
don’t combine each platform numbers it’s not fair pc is one platform.
Gekidami said:
Its an industy wide trend, look at the other figures posted through out that link. You’ll also notice that PC gaming isnt just in a decline; Its fucking free falling.
“don’t combine each platform numbers it’s not fair pc is one platform.”
Backtracking i see. You always go on about how well PC is doing against consoles as a whole: Wrong. You also go on about how consoles are declining and PC gaming isnt: Wrong.
blackdreamhunk said:
so your saying that vg247 hart they had post a while ago is wrong
hold I will be right back
I am going post some links here I want to tell me f they are wrong too.
blackdreamhunk said:
so your telling me these sites is telling lies
http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/27/chart-shows-september-console-sales-for-2007-2009-wii-tops/
http://www.techspot.com/news/36767-nintendo-posts-52-decline-in-profit-amid-weak-wii-sales.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703792304574504583629414634.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_business
http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/30/sony-ps-division-has-lost-4-7-billion-since-launching-ps3/
http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/30/sony-ps-division-has-lost-4-7-billion-since-launching-ps3/
http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/30/playstation-division-sales-down-losses-deepen/
by the way I have yet to touch other links I know about
Syrok said:
Can you at least try to spell words correct and use punctuation?
blackdreamhunk said:
yet I have proven even proffessors wrong
I am Yehoshua’s fighter I am not perfect.
Gekidami said:
Apart from the Wii, console sales in those links are actually going up. Sony’s biggest drop in sales is for Vaio, yes the PC’s.
And losses dont mean a decline in console gaming (wheres your 360 ‘proof’ btw?), just that the hardware is more expensive to make and that Sony isnt getting their money back on it.
“I am Yehoshua’s fighter”
Seriously wtf? Do they have mental institutes where you live or are psychiatrists considered witches and burned?
May i ask where in the world you live BDH?
blackdreamhunk said:
so your saying this sale chart is wrong
http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/27/chart-shows-september-console-sales-for-2007-2009-wii-tops/
it says hardware now!
it’s starts from 2007 to 2009
Gekidami said:
I’m not saying the charts are wrong, but 09 is incomplete. Like i said apart from the Wii the 360 has already done better then in the 2 previous year and those figures arnt taking into account the recent hike in PS3 sales since the Slim and price drop came out.
blackdreamhunk said:
So when I say that consoles are in a decline
your saying I am wrong!
so your saying they are magicly going to rise agin.
by the can you prove to me that the ps3 made more than pc gaming as whole.
I did ask that qusestion
how about xbox 360
Gekidami said:
As a whole? No. But i can tell you to once again look that link up there and see that both EA and Actibliz have made more money on PS3 and 360 software then PC software. PC only catches up in Actibliz’s charts thanks to subs.
blackdreamhunk said:
do you want to know what EA has to say about consoles
let me show you!
http://video.foxbusiness.com/11298736/ea-ceo-gearing-up-for-holiday-sales/?category_id=1292d14d0e3afdcf0b31500afefb92724c08f046
I have another link
http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/103/1036254p1.html
Stephany Nunneley said:
In this market, EVERYTHING is in decline. Except for condoms, because they are a cheaper form of entertainment.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20090517/ai_n32135790/
Along with wine and chocolate. Seduction tools, there.
blackdreamhunk said:
sorry not pc online gaming< I am glade to know yoou look at my link.
any way I am done I missing a beautiful day today.
Gekidami said:
Thats the second time ‘you’re done’.
Syrok said:
“some people say just because my writing sucks I am not creadale at all”
Certainly makes you less credible.
As for whether what you say is right or wrong; I really don’t care. As long as someone makes games I can enjoy I’m happy.
Psychotext said:
“I don’t fully trust your sorces I have to confirm it with other sites and other sorces”
No, I really don’t blame you. I mean, given the choice I’d rather highly accurate data from youtube videos or PCGA articles vs the highly suspect and subjective financial reports of THQ, EA, ActiBlizz and Ubisoft.
Captain Fruitloop said:
“I am Yehoshua’s fighter”
Yehoshua. He was always my way favourite Pokemon.
“Thats the second time ‘you’re done’.”
It’s his third, by my counting. Any bets he’s not really done at all?
DaMan said:
this is why you don’t do meth.
BeastModeYMOB said:
Wow BDH take a chill pill & grow up. We are supposed to be posting comments laughing @ the jackass who got busted through the help of his facebook. Why argue over stupid shit? U will not be able 2 fix it.
Now about the pirate… LMFAO what a dumbass!
blackdreamhunk said:
here new info just up don’t buy MW no matter what for pc
I have new link here
http://e4g.info/2001/modern-warfare-2-pc-errors-becoming-common.html
reask said:
Could be just a dodgy disc.
Uncontested said:
BDH single handedly is the most successful troll on this site.
Delete everything before this comment and repost the article so we can return to laughing at this loser dweeb thief.
G1GAHURTZ said:
And the moral(s) of this story kids, is…
1. Don’t steal.
2. Don’t try and sell what you stole to the police.
3. Don’t feed the trolls.
blackdreamhunk said:
I think that gaming is dying as whole.
Now that big companies know the pc games make tons of money
they are going to want to take control of gaming.
If they call the shots they can milk “money” from gamers
It what them consoles have brought to pc gaming.
the gaming media hunds spreads more lies about consoles being cheaper
look at this thread
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27095708&tag=topics;title
it’s no longer about games it’s about how much money they can milk from gamers.
thank god we have a online pc games, where big companies can’t milk us to death like console gamers do.
aony and microsft entering the gaming business is the wrost thing that eve happened to gaming.
just stop following the media hipe and follow where the real games are at.
http://adrianwerner.wordpress.com/games-of-2010/
there is still alot of good game devs out there. we can make our games.
pc gaming is getting so good now game devs don’t publishers
another thing to only support game devs that care and support publishers that care.
lets drop the dead beats.
Gekidami said:
“thank god we have a online pc games, where big companies can’t milk us to death like console gamers do.”
Like MMO’s which is nothing more then milking gamers? And it works so well that its the only decent place publishers and devs are getting money out of PC gaming.
Again, more stupid assumptions where you ignore whats actually going on.
Edward Cullen said:
“thank god we have a online pc games, where big companies can’t milk us to death like console gamers do.”
oh i know quite a number of MMO’s that milk gamers more than microsoft with live…
blackdreamhunk said:
yea well the thing about pc games is
we have so much games
so meny game devs and good game devs it really is not a problem
we have our modders and hackers
we improve on games
@G1GAHURTZ
I am so glade I am not in you nazi camp. news travels fast. iam sure alot of gamers will talk about this for a long time to come.
franlky your the ugly looking troll
Gekidami said:
*rolls eyes*
“I am so glade I am not in you nazi camp.”
You already said that to someone else, show some originality.
blackdreamhunk said:
@Gekidami
your a waste of my time
DaMan said:
i’m done
no wait i’m back
no i’m done, it’s a beautiful day outside. i’m done!!
i’m back. my words r solid.
i’m done!!
no wait.
BeastModeYMOB said:
LMFAO @ DaMan.
stvw74 said:
no really, I’m done ..
it’s been nice, really ..
up until the BDH troll ruined this site ..
bye everyone