Nintendo stated that Chinese officials in January seized more than three hundred thousand counterfeit products during three raids executed in the Guangdong province, notorious for pirating activities. Unable to value the netted goods, a Nintendo spokeswoman explained forgery cost the company roughly $649 million last year. „The products seized range from components to the completed game software products,” she said. „In 2002, we certainly seized many millions of dollars worth of counterfeit Game Boy software in China.” (Reuters)