STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: VIDEO GAME PIRACY.

The article focuses on the impact of piracy on the video games industry. Illegal downloads grows at a rate that has overtaken illegal hard goods sales. According to Electronic Software Association senior vice president Ric Hirsch, the digital environment is evolving and becoming more conducive to the unauthorized use of game files. Increased broadband connections to the Internet are increasing opportunities for the downloading and uploading of digital files and games. Online piracy is supplanting hard goods piracy.