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Call of Duty maker Activision claims video game cheating is now a £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion) a year industry

Activision has published a breakdown of the numbers behind cheating in its games, claiming cheating is big business, generating about £6.3 billion - $8.5bn - every year in account sales, boosting, and spoofing services.

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Activision released a breakdown showing that cheating in its games generates roughly £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion) annually from account sales, boosting and spoofing services. The company’s internal cheat team, Team Ricochet, detailed that cheat subscriptions for just 15 of its titles account for about £2.6 billion ($3.5 billion) of that revenue. The figures were published in a blog on Activision’s website, highlighting the scale of the illicit market tied to its franchises.

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