{"id":101214,"date":"2016-08-22T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T08:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=101214"},"modified":"2016-08-22T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T08:58:02","slug":"this-is-how-much-money-gamers-really-spend-on-microtransactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/101214-this-is-how-much-money-gamers-really-spend-on-microtransactions","title":{"rendered":"This is how much money gamers really spend on microtransactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, microtransactions have gone from minor purchases in\u00a0certain free-to-play video games to a major source of income for game developers.<\/p>\n

The recent release of Overwatch<\/strong> and its cosmetic microtransactions has caused debate over the necessity of in-game purchases in a $40 triple-A game.<\/p>\n

In order to get a better idea of how gamers are adapting to this new landscape, we’ve reviewed some data regarding exactly how much money gamers are spending on in-game purchases and how they feel about microtransactions.<\/p>\n

The following data is from a survey published by Reddit user Neptunss.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The survey included data from 400 League of Legends<\/strong> and 386\u00a0Hearthstone<\/strong> players<\/strong> in order to discern how much gamers spend on each game respectively.<\/p>\n

Below are the results:<\/p>\n

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League of Legends<\/h3>\n

Most League of Legends players have spent money on the game, with experienced gamers having spent well over $100.<\/p>\n

Just over half of those surveyed would spend money on Champions, while the vast majority would purchase skins and Mystery Gifts.<\/p>\n

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Hearthstone<\/h3>\n

Microtransactions are not as popular among Hearthstone players, although the majority of players still spend money on in-game purchases, namely card packs and expansions.<\/p>\n

\"Hearthstone<\/a><\/p>\n

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Player Opinion<\/h3>\n

Gamers were also asked how they feel about microtransactions in League of Legends, Hearthstone, and in general.<\/p>\n

Responses were measured using a\u00a05-point scale, from\u00a01 “Hate it” to 5 “Love it”.<\/p>\n

Check out what gamers think about microtransactions below:<\/p>\n

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Survey data reveals how much gamers spend on microtransactions in free-to-play video games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":91715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2226,3,11681,4],"tags":[19189,15809,14060,11962,631,6431,1975,21202,301],"class_list":["post-101214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-mobile","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-cash","tag-data","tag-graphs","tag-hearthstone","tag-league-of-legends","tag-microtransactions","tag-opinion","tag-spend","tag-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101780,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101214\/revisions\/101780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}