Game Shop Burglaries Reveal Clear System Bias

Two game shops in Shiga Prefecture were burglarized last night. Which system most attracted the culprits' attention?

2009-10-28 15:08 / Anoop Gantayat / 1 Comment

According to MSN Sankei News, a game shop in the city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, was burglarized last night. At about 1:50, culprits broke through the shop's glass front door and proceeded to steal 504 games totaling two million yen in value.

It's unclear if this is related, but the site also reports that another game shop in Shiga Prefecture, this time in the city of Hikone, was burglarized about an hour later. Culprits walked away with 40 games, valued at 160,000 yen.

Surprisingly, prefectural police provided a specific system-by-system break down of the stolen merchandise, at last allowing us the answer the age old question of console is most popular amongst thieves.

The break down for the Moriyama break in is:

PSP: 200 games
PS3: 140 games
Wii: 100 games
Xbox 360: 20 games

Looks like the PSP wins. But not so fast! The stolen games from the Hikone shop were all PS3. That brings PSP and PS3 to similar levels of popularity amongst criminals.

Good news! It looks like the shops were equipped with security cameras, so we may get a chance to see these Sony-biased thieves at some point.

[Seen at Hachimaki]