Heavy cheating distracts game companies from their primary mission

November 18, 2008 By Victor Godinez

Video game cheaters and pirates got some comeuppance last week, as Microsoft and Blizzard together banned or suspended hundreds of thousands of gamers for various infractions.

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Bob_Kob - Nov 18, 2008
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This article just slowly waned off its original topic.
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NeptuneAD - Nov 18, 2008
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Piracy is going to continue until games are cheaper and still make the developers rich.

They need to find a different way of distribution that earns money indirectly, the internet has changed the world so the world needs to get with the program.
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