Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by Baeocystin on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:07PM (#24239847)

Just a single game, Fate/Grand Order, has grossed ~3 $billion, and that was as of last year. I'm sure it's much higher now. The amount of money spent by players in mobile makes everything else look like peanuts by comparison.

https://sensortower.com/blog/fate-grand-order-revenue-3-bill...

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by chillwaves on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:16PM (#24239907)

Those so-called "gacha" games rake in a disgusting amount of money. Even as a casual player, I ended up spending a few hundred on one.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by wmeredith on Saturday August 22, 2020 @07:07AM (#24243316)

Nothing casual about dropping $300 on a mobile game. You’re kidding yourself.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by chillwaves on Saturday August 22, 2020 @09:06PM (#24248672)

That's true, but my spending comment was meant to be relative to other players.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by manigandham on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:52PM (#24240154)

A few hundred dollars? What does that buy you?

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by chillwaves on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:13PM (#24240999)

A chance at an overpowred character in the game. But just a chance.

Not all of them are for waifu reasons, the game I played was Summoner's War that was PvP oriented but it's all pay2win so there's no point.

https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/68945/summoners-war-dr...

I played for over a year, the money part wasn't the worst -- the actual time commitment to some of these games is insane.

Even if they have autoplay function, they are psychological attention traps.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by Baeocystin on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:57PM (#24240201)

Entertainment. No more, no less. You'd be surprised by how many of the asian F2P games are completely playable without spending a dime- yet people do anyway.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by chillwaves on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:17PM (#24241014)

So I have moved on to another game that is less money intensive and less time-intensive (can be seen as a good or a bad thing).

What strikes me most is how compelling this material is to command my attention. It's like being under a spell.

They are great at taking money, but even for f2p they are just psychologically optimized to command our attention (which is a bigger concern in depth and breadth of impact).

Can't wait for the future strategies of addiction we can see in the next gen games :D

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by tasogare on Saturday August 22, 2020 @07:02AM (#24243287)

> It's like being under a spell.

I’ve played two gatcha games in succession and this describes the thing very well. I wasn’t missing a single of play, spend a little money on them, read news and game info everyday. I’m glad I stopped. Some PC games can attract my attention for hours or days on, but they are not a daily burden, and also more satisfying to play.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by ThrowawayR2 on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:32PM (#24240816)

> "A few hundred dollars? What does that buy you?"

Let's just say that the majority of characters in Fate/Grand Order and other Asian gacha games that one can roll for are young and female for a reason...

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by Baeocystin on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:59PM (#24240934)

You know, famous historical young female characters like Oda Nobunga or Leonardo da Vinci.

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by ThrowawayR2 on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:40PM (#24241113)

Yep, or Sir Francis Drake, Nero Claudius, Jack the Ripper, Mordred, etc. (For people who have never seen the game, the parent poster isn't joking.)

At least they aren't firearms or WW2 warships. -shrug-

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Re:Over three billion people worldwide now play video games,... by searchableguy on Saturday August 22, 2020 @02:20AM (#24242098)

I should make a gacha game, hmm.

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