StarCraft II tops the dodgy download chart

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/images/starcraft2_logo-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Despite attempts to impose strict anti-piracy measures by Blizzard, <EM>Starcraft II</EM> is one of the most pirated PC games of the year.</P><br /><P>Blizzard sold over 1.5 million copies of <EM>Starcraft II </EM>in the game's first 48 hours on the shelves, yet TorrentFreak reports this week that over 2.3 million dodgy pirate copies of the game have been downloaded to date.</P><br /><P><STRONG>The dodgy download chart</STRONG></P><br /><P>That's right, Blizzard currently holds the questionable honour of topping <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/5-torrent-files-that-broke-mind-boggling-records-101107/">TorrentFreak's</A> BitTorrent download charts.</P><br /><P>The game's 7.19 GB torrent file has been downloaded 2.3 million times, which equates to around 15.77 Petabytes of data. </P><br /><P>Blizzard MD Michael Ryder told <a href="http://www.mcvuk.com/features/728/INTERVIEW-Blizzard">MCV</A> earlier this year: "The Battle.net solution provides several things. It provides better continuity for the players and it gives them a stronger way to participate in an overall Blizzard community.</P><br /><P>"But what also goes hand-in-hand with the Battle.net solution is that we work really hard to offer a tailored, regional business model, so it reduces the incentives to go to a pirated solution." </P><br /><P>Well, going from TorrentFreak's latest charts, it doesn't seem to reduce the incentive to 'go to a pirated solution' quite <EM>enough. </EM></P>

StarCraft II tops the dodgy download chart

Despite attempts to impose strict anti-piracy measures by Blizzard, Starcraft II is one of the most pirated PC games of the year. Blizzard ...

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