InB4TheyBlamePiracy

Just to reiterate, NPD = US ~ not the World...

Yeah, I wonder if they'll blame piracy for these figures...

Or could it have anything to do with your economy.... you think ? even Japans economy...why is it piracy gets the blame for everything ?.i agree it does go on and will continue to go on....in todays economics climate it does make sense to turn to piracy but then again can people really afford to do that even.?
piracy is like everything else it has it's habitual offenders and like everything else it won't go away no matter how hard anyone tries to stamp it out..if a human can make up a supposed encryption for copyright protection then another human can break it,there is always someone smarter out there.
Now i don't know who regulates (i'm talking video games here)it but if you read carefully on the back of the games cover this game is not for rental or to be offered to play for money and public hiring..something to that effect without the consent of the contents owners permission... now this to me is promoting piracy even without the owners permission,i bet you games and video hirers do not have permission to hire out the games from the likes of THQ....Rockstar,etc,etc, Another classic example is EB Games with their 7 day exchange/refund policy...yes i'm guilty of that when money is tight (i'm not frightened to admit it) don't get me wrong i support the game developers and buy the original game but like everyone else if i'm short of cash...on a good game then i have resorted to this tactic.Now where i am from...which is Australia, you cannot return a game to place of purchase for a refund,i'm not 100% on this one though for exchange to the same value whether it be another game or item to same value....the only place that allows a return for refund here that i am aware of is EB Games..
just my 2 cents worth on the subject :)