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

Re:If you buy more than two new games a year, you're in the ... by sidewndr46 on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @11:17AM (#45517129)

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

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Re:If you buy more than two new games a year, you're in the ... by mooglevich on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @01:33PM (#45518581)

This is true. It's interesting to see the incentives of the industry though - this business model was less evenly distributed, but given how tough it is to make money in games, more companies are doing this.

https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025 had an in-depth (very very..in-depth) dive into all these trends.

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