Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association is making a list, watching what pirates download. Before we get to the list, know that they say there has been 19,347,668 downloads for the top twenty DS games. Holy sh*t. That’s damages that come out to about $941 million. Nintendo has to be sweating this. Here’s Japan’s favorite downloads, listed in order of popularity:
As you may see, it’s almost all first-party titles, and mainly Pokemon games. Gotta catch ’em all!
As a contrast, it seems there’s little interest in learning English illegally. The titleEnglish Trainingwas only downloaded 201,292 times.
As crazy as the piracy is for the DS, the PSP still wins in Japan.Dissidia: Final Fantasyhad over five million illegal downloads.
