Japan’s Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association recently conducted a study of the the world’s 114 most popular sites for illegal game downloads in order to get a rough estimate on how much the industry has lost due to software piracy . The results aren’t pretty: According to Andriasang’s report on the group’s calculations, piracy on the DS and PSP alone between 2004 and 2009 cost the worldwide games industry roughly 3.816 trillion yen, or around $41.7 billion. Join us in a “holy crap,” won’t you
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