Real pirates affecting Christmas console supply

These guys are going on Santa's naughty list

Who would have though that real pirates would ever have been an issue with video games and consoles?

Apparently Somali pirates are having a serious effect on international shipping. Real pirates on boats, not software pirates in case you haven't figured that out yet.

Somali pirates have been plundering ships off the Horn of Africa for years, but the recent surge in attacks has spilled out into the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, threatening access to the Suez Canal.
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"Despite all the publicity over piracy it will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven't got their Nintendo gifts this Christmas," said Sam Dawson of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).