Activision says video game cheating has grown into a $8.5 billion a year global industry
Activision said technical detection and legal action have disrupted more than 375 reseller operations and shut down 31 primary cheat vendors.
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Activision says video game cheating has grown into a $8.5 billion a year global industry
Activision has published a breakdown of the numbers behind cheating in its games, claiming cheating is big business, generating about £6.3 billion - $8.5bn - every year in account sales, boosting, and spoofing services.
On September 18, Activision released information about its anti-cheat team, "TeamRICOCHET," revealing its intention to attack the massive "cheat ecosystem" itself.
Activision stated that the world's chip market in video games already generates about $8.5 billion a year, which includes the sale of chitas, billing services, and spuffing, a replacement of identifiers that helps bypass blockage.
Activision Blizzard: Publisher estimates global cheating market worth $8.5 billion
US publisher Activision Blizzard has provided detailed insights into the extent of the global cheating industry ahead of its upcoming game release. According to the official blog post of internal security team Ricochet, the global black market for cheating software and related services is estimated to be worth $8.5 billion annually. Paid cheat subscriptions for […]
A report by Activision takes pictures of the enormous reach of Call of Duty's cheater market, a parallel business of over 7 billion eurosThe war against the cheaters of Call of Duty's video games continues without stopping: in the latest report of Activision, Microsoft Gaming's subsidiary photographs the current situation describing the enormous reach of the cheater market.
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