Call of Duty maker Activision claims video game cheating is now a £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion) a year 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.
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.
The short version
- In a blog posted on the publisher's website, the publisher's cheat squad, Team Ricochet, said cheat subscriptions across 15 games alone generate around £2.6 billion ($3.5 billion).
- RICOCHET Anti-Cheat doesn't end when your match does.
- Cheat makers operate around the world.
What happened
We’re taking the fight directly to cheat sellers. Last weekend during the Closed Beta, we went to Ohio to takedown Elocarry.
Why it matters
The publisher also claims cheat sellers regularly hide the fact their products have been detected, instead blaming outages on excuses like illness, surgery or car accidents to keep customers on side before admitting their cheats are no longer working.
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