Pirated video games are “cracked” versions of the original video games. This means the original video games digital rights management has been bypassed, which is designed to protect the copyrighted content.

Risks of downloading pirated video games

There are many risks of downloading pirated video games. First and foremost the video game might not even work properly or work at all. Then comes the subject of malwares, adwares and the fact that it is completely illegal.

Broken video games

A pirated video game might not work properly and be broken. Features may not work, stages may not load, glitches might occur and more. This makes it not worth it download a pirated version of a video game

Damage to video games console

Pirated discs are not authorized versions. The moment you put pirated discs in your consoles you risk damaging them from the inside. Pirated discs make the console’s laser work even harder to read the disc, making it sure to get damaged over and over again.

Malware attack

Malware is one of the most common causes. By adding malware to pirated video games both your personal data and financial information can be stolen. There have been cases such as this worldwide. Here’s a story from Kaspersky that actually happens more than often to people who download cracked versions of video games.

Adware attack

This type of software, which is based on advertisements, typically infects devices with website visits, can gather data about you, and can carry out a number of functions on the device.

Deprived of features

You Could Lose Online Gaming Privileges. Playing cracked versions of video games, especially on consoles, is a crime that might get you banned from Xbox Live or PlayStation Network. According to CNET, Microsoft notoriously barred around a million Xbox Live users in 2009 for hacking their Xbox 360 systems and using unauthorized software. You are also deprived of many features such as achievements, multiplayer mode, cloud services, future updates, downloadable contents.

Video game piracy is illegal

Piracy of video games is a federal offense in the US. Paying back the copyright owners or serving time in jail are both possible forms of punishment. Since your ISP and the government already essentially keep track of everything you do online, it wouldn’t be difficult to establish that you have engaged in piracy.

Onsist helps to save your revenue

One of the best ways to counter Online Piracy is to enlist the help of Online Anti-Piracy agencies such as Onsist. Onsist has been battling online piracy for the last decade. 

‘Stop Losing Your Revenue to Piracy’ has always been the motto of Onsist, using advanced automated tools to report and takedown illegal online videos such as popular movies or tv series, helping streamers to go back to the source of the contents. 

The vision of Onsist has always been to protect brands from all over the world against online theft and piracy. Onsist wants people not to fear losing their content to pirates, counterfeiters and other digital threats. 

Onsist finds and removes illegal copies of your content and protects your revenue with anti-piracy protection.

Find Infringements

Find pirated content in three ways

• Monitoring Engines

Anti-Piracy Engines that will crawl the web for infringements 24/7

• Piracy Database

A database of scraped piracy sites for easy content detection

• Trained Experts

Experts to manually reach places a bot cannot

Remove Them

Report and remove content when it’s found

• Send Out Notices

Illegal content is reported to the infringing sites

• Contact hosting

Hosting providers will be notified of infringements

• Clean up search engines

Google, Bing, and other search engines will be cleaned

Report The Results

Get notified of findings and removals

• Live Statistics

Get live feedback on found and reported infringements

• Detailed Results

Check out the status of each and every URL that’s found

• Weekly Reports

Receive weekly reports on what’s been found and removed