French Armed Robbers Steal Thousands of Copies of Modern Warfare 3
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Yeah... Modern Warfare 3's release date isn't a big concern for me so I didn't really know or care. But laughing at people who care way too much is always funny.Grayjack said:
The truly hilarious thing is that I can honestly picture my old roommates pulling something like this with how much Call of Duty they played when I lived with them.
Wow. All of these news about Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, and the game's not even out yet. I can't wait to see what other news this game will get a few days or a week after its release in stores.
Why they would waste that much time to steal 6,000 copies of Modern Gayfare 3 when they could do the same thing for a game that will be gods gift to the world like, say, Skyrim?
/Sarcasm
In all honesty, while the heist sounds badass, its also completely redundant. These robbers, and the people who might possibly buy the game from them, couldn't wait a couple more days for the game to be released? Seriously?
/Sarcasm
In all honesty, while the heist sounds badass, its also completely redundant. These robbers, and the people who might possibly buy the game from them, couldn't wait a couple more days for the game to be released? Seriously?
Oh well, at leasn't they didn't steal anything important! *Eagerly receives audience's booing* Yeah, yeah, you heard me!
i feel sorry for the people who fall for the con of these motherfuckers. thinking they got cheap multiplayer, get online, find out their serial key is banned and they just wasted money.
This ladies and gentlemen appears to be a next-level piracy maneuver. What's more, they also qualify for Day 1 DLC!
(JOKES!)
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Well you aren't taking into consideration the loss of revenue through reduced sales due to the fact these copies aren't going to be sold again.Epitome said:
Its an opportunity cost that results in their loss of revenue... on all sides.
Small group, therefore high risk, but lost cost job.bluepanda 492 said:
Likely a sub gang of those affiliated with a gang but not part of the main organisation.
If they succeed then they have the gangs respect and they help to shift the units. This will also include storage. If they fail... these kids are too low down the chain to say anything worthwhile and its a small loss both in personnel and resources.
You'd be surprised what gangs will do for cash and this is A LOT, as sales can be earned from expensive early sales, as well as super discounte3d copies after release.
I grew up in South East London and am familiar with gang tactics at an operation level as well as standard practice of racketeering due to my dad being involved due to being good drinking buddies with someone who was a senior playing in London. The pub he drank at was just a gang front >.>
My dad was happy to tag along with some things they did, and got arrested for one con where he stole tens of thousands of £'s worth of DIY equipment from a store in London as the girl at the till didn't scan the items through(she was in on it).
Bloody alcoholic fool...
My dad was happy to tag along with some things they did, and got arrested for one con where he stole tens of thousands of £'s worth of DIY equipment from a store in London as the girl at the till didn't scan the items through(she was in on it).
Bloody alcoholic fool...
Oh. My. God. It's like a heist out of the movies, except way more geeky. Awesome.
Oh, I mean, "oh dear, how horrible".
EDIT: Except for the whole "incapacitate the driver" part. Really now, what happened to the gentlemanly thief? Jerks.
On an aside, I'm pretty sure they know what games get sent out to what locations. Can't they just invalidate all those disks from that shipment? God knows there must be some kind of DRM marker on each disk.
Oh, I mean, "oh dear, how horrible".
EDIT: Except for the whole "incapacitate the driver" part. Really now, what happened to the gentlemanly thief? Jerks.
On an aside, I'm pretty sure they know what games get sent out to what locations. Can't they just invalidate all those disks from that shipment? God knows there must be some kind of DRM marker on each disk.
This thread is seriously lacking common sense.
1) They didn't steal it for themselves.
2) They didn't steal it to sell before launch. (not enough time + easy to get caught having a game that isn't out)
3) It's most likely to be sold in the coming weeks to undercut market value. (30 euro times 6000 is still a lot of money)
1) They didn't steal it for themselves.
2) They didn't steal it to sell before launch. (not enough time + easy to get caught having a game that isn't out)
3) It's most likely to be sold in the coming weeks to undercut market value. (30 euro times 6000 is still a lot of money)
While reading this... I couldn't help but be reminded of the opening scene of Heat..... Then I remembered they were just stealing a truck full of video games... then it became much less awesome.
Can we get a new security countermeasure that causes disks to scratch themselves 10 minutes into the game if they're stolen? That would be dandy.
Well, they didn't shoot him in the head, that's a plus i guess...Catalyst6 said:
Oh yeah, that's what we need, some kind of DRM that physically destroys the disk, nothing can go wrong with that right ? .... right ?Vanguard_Ex said:
I can only imagine the uproar if something like that was ever introduced
