Research: Gamers Spend a Lot of Money on MMOs
Research: Gamers Spend a Lot of Money on MMOs
March 9, 2010
A new survey from Today’s Gamers takes a look into the big money arena of massively multiplayer online games.
The report focused on the U.S., UK, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The U.S. boasted 46.0 million MMO gamers, of whom 46.0 percent paid for the privilege to play their online game of choice. Those who did pay to play an MMO spent a total of $3.8 billion on subscriptions, virtual currency, game purchases and other micro-transactions, which works out to $15.10 spent by each U.S.-based MMO gamer per month.
Following the U.S. in total dollars spent on MMOs were the UK ($270.0 million), Germany ($250.0 million), France ($220.0 million), the Netherlands ($65.0 million) and Belgium ($55.0 million). The UK was tops in terms of monthly amount spent on MMOs with a figure of £10.60 (approximately $15.89 U.S.) per gamer.
Germany actually boasted more MMO gamers than the UK, 5.9 million to 4.2 million, but German gamers averaged only £6.70 spent (approximately $10.04) on MMOs per month.
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I'd be real curious to see the chinese figures on this one.
From the "No shit sherlock" archives.
Gamers Spend a Lot of Money on GOOD MMOs
Fixed the headline for you there...The MMO's that suck however get the boot fast.
I wonder if i would be included in that survey. I've played WOW for years, but on a private server, so i've never paid a dime.
JUST IN :GP reported on the obvious
Never underestimate the power of idiots in large amounts.
"...which works out to $15.10 spent by each U.S.-based MMO gamer per month."
So, uh, yeah, roughly what they're saying is that for every person who claims to be an MMO player, they are, and correct me if I'm wrong, basically, when it comes down to it, paying the subscription rate for ONE MMO per month.
Wow. I mean, just WoW! I mean, I'm just so... underimpressed.
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Seriously, I laughed so hard when I read that sentence.
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somehow, I'm reminded of an internet quote (Bash.org quote #897655) that goes "I don't understand why churches and 'family groups' spend millions of dollars a year on abstinence-only instruction when a World of Warcraft account only costs fifteen dollars a month and has a much better record of ensuring virginity."
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Heh, always love that bit of humor.
Thing is, I'm pretty sure that since it's somewhat but not exactly like what soem churches railed against i nthe 70s and 80s, they hate WoW too.
Yeah, like Team Fortress 2.
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$15 bucks a month is very little when you look at all the other things we spend money on. I spend 5 times that amount on coffee each month. Yay, Starbucks -_-
Well if a lot of these gamers are single, then it makes sense. It saves them the trouble of blowing money on their girlfriend/wife.
This is amazing!
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