Paradoxically, 80% of the money gamers spend… is for free games

According to the latest report of SuperData 80% of the money that players spend on games is for free games. This is possible thanks to the storm Battle Royale as well as the strong rise of Fortnite and Apex Legends. Simultaneously, the games that used to follow the one-time pay model also gradually turned to Free To Play with typical examples such as: CSGO nice Destiny 2which are also the top 2 games in the revenue chart on Steam in 2019.
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SuperData said that in the past 2019, the Free To Play PC segment reached $21.1 billion; PC one-time fee segment reached 5.2 billion USD; PC recurring fee segment accounted for 3.3 billion USD; The Console Paid One-Time segment accounted for $13.3 billion and the Free To Play Console segment accounted for $1.6 billion. Of course, with the strong development of the Mobile platform, all those numbers must be behind the 64.4 billion USD position of the mobile game segment. With PUBG Mobile still in the upper hand, along with the emerging Call of Duty Mobile or Mario Kart, the great influence of Mobile in 2019 is undeniable.
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The top revenue according to the entire Free To Play segment also points out many familiar names such as Fortnite, Dugeon Fighter Online, Honor of Kings (Mobile Alliance) nice League of Legends. This chart continues to show the dominance of Mobile with 6 out of 10 games coming from mobile. Mobile Game Village in 2019 also caught up with a new trend. That is bringing the “empire” of PC / Console directly to the Mobile platform. Starting with PUBG, Fortnite and later Call of Duty, this move by game makers has brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
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The one-time paid game segment, although weaker, still maintains its “quality”. Top in the sales chart includes names like FIFA 19, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, GTA 5, FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Many of these names, even though they have been released for 2-3 years, still bring in huge revenue streams.

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