If you buy more than two new games a year, you're in the minority

https://www.eurogamer.net/if-you-buy-more-than-two-new-games-a-year-youre-in-the-minority-new-report-reveals

8•MBCook•2h ago

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sidewndr46•1h ago

Video game industry profit overwhelming comes from microtransactions, so I am unsure why the frequency of game purchase would matter very much

robertlagrant•1h ago

> If, on average, players are spending, say, £140 on two full price games (or less) each year

I buy games, but except for I think Call of Duty MW2, I don't think I've ever paid more than £20 for a game. I doubt the average purchase price is £70. Maybe if you limit to people who buy COD and Fifa (or Madden) every year?

jerlam•51m ago

It's a strange filter. With a single Steam sale, you could buy enough games for the entire year for less than the cost a new, single, full-priced game and would probably have a better experience. If you can wait a year, you can buy that same new game for half off or more. And subscription services like XBox Game Pass make buying games at all seem antiquated.

robertlagrant•24m ago

Agreed, although I think subscriptions are causing problems. I'm glad Steam exists, so PC gaming isn't just at the whim of the latest Microsoft deep-pocketed "strategy".

seanhunter•1h ago

Not sure the relevance of the headline.

What I do know is that by revenue, the video games industry more than twice the size of the film and music industries combined. It also is growing faster (>9% yoy). Mobile gaming alone is about the same size as the whole film industry.

Here is the source data (sorry I know it's not public) https://www.statista.com/outlook/amo/media/games/worldwide?c...

paulryanrogers•37m ago

Isn't growth slowing? I cannot imagine it'll grow forever. Also gaming includes gambling now, albeit dressed in lootboxes and the like. Movies and TV are usually non-interactive.

mrguyorama•9m ago

Constant insistence that we lump "Mobile games", which are just thinly disguised skinner boxes and gambling machines, in with actual video gaming is genuinely ruining the industry.

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