"The number of illegally downloaded video games has gone up nearly 20% in the last five years.Figures from research firm Envisional also suggest the top five games from 2010 were pirated online almost a million times.

Industry executives are worried these figures mean a generation of people will expect to get games for free.But some gamers dispute industry claims about how much of a problem online piracy is."

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Sam, who didn't want to give his surname, says he's not put off by the threat of being fined or sent to prison. "I've never been fined. I've been doing this since I was 14 and I'm now 23. "Games that I enjoy I purchase, ones that I don't enjoy I delete."

Source: NewsBeat

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