Topic: Most Pirated Games of 2010

[MysterD]

G4TV -> Most Pirated Games of 2010.

Website Torrentfreak has revealed its list of the top 10 most pirated video* games of 2010. The "winner" of this dubious honor for the PC: Call of Duty: Black Ops. Weirdly, for the 360, the most pirated title was Dante's Inferno, a solid game, but not a title on the top of many other "top of 2010" lists.

Click the cut for the full list of PC, 360 and Wii pirated titles.

PC Games:
1 Call of Duty: Black Ops (4,270,000)
2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (3,960,000)
3 Mafia 2 (3,550,000)
4 Mass Effect 2 (3,240,000)
5 Starcraft II (3,120,000)

Wii Games:
1 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,470,000)
2 Wii Party (1,220,000)
3 Donkey Kong Country Returns (920,000)
4 Kirbys Epic Yarn (880,000)
5 Red Steel 2 (850,000)

Xbox 360 Games:
1 Dante’s Inferno (1,280,000)
2 Alan Wake (1,140,000)
3 Red Dead Redemption (1,060,000)
4 Halo Reach (990,000)
5 Call of Duty: Black Ops (930,000)

*As always, we remind you: Piracy is very bad. Do not do it.

[idolminds]

Interestingly, I didnt pirate or even play any of those. Though I did see Red Steel 2 for $20 the other night and was sorta tempted.

[MysterD]

Imagine if all those million or so downloads of Alan Wake were actually purchases...

[scottws]

I'm surprised by the number of pirated console games.

[Pugnate]

heh poor Alan Wake. I find it shocking that it was pirated more than RDR, considering that RDR outsold it like anything.

[gpw11]

Perhaps a completely offline game vs. a game with an online portion kind of thing?

[idolminds]

Or, a longshot, but the cancellation of the PC version causes a bunch of disgruntled PC gamers to go pirate the 360 version?

[MysterD]

Or, a longshot, but the cancellation of the PC version causes a bunch of disgruntled PC gamers to go pirate the 360 version?

Oh, I do NOT think that's a long-shot at all.
I think that's definitely true.
Many gamers own both a PC and 360...

[Cobra951]

Perhaps a completely offline game vs. a game with an online portion kind of thing?

That would be my guess.  Modded consoles get people banned from the service.

[W7RE]

I was about to say that this looked like a list of the most popular games for each system, until I got to Xbox. WTF is Dante's Inferno doing at the top? I guess I was assuming X5 of people interested in a game will pirate it, therefore more popular = more piracy. But I guess people just didn't think Dante's Inferno was worth the cash, but wanted to try it out.