In an April to May 2022 survey, 17 percent of UK gaming audience respondents revealed they had used an illegal source for video games in the three months before the survey period, same as during the previous year.
Illegal digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2022
Base for 2022: those who used an illegal source at least once in that category during the past 3 months with ‘‘Download/access for free from the internet, without really being sure where it comes from” not counting as either legal or illegal and those who only selected this option not included in the base.
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GOV.UK, & Intellectual Property Office (UK). (February 3, 2023). Illegal digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291307/illegal-digital-video-game-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
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