The statistic shows the percentage of consumers who purchased additional video game content in the United States as of September 2016. It was found that 28 percent of respondents said they purchased additional gaming content in the three months preceding the survey.
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The statistic shows the percentage of consumers who purchased additional video game content in the United States as of September 2016. It was found that 28 percent of respondents said they purchased additional gaming content in the three months preceding the survey.
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The statistic shows the percentage of consumers who purchased additional video game content in the United States as of September 2016. It was found that 28 percent of respondents said they purchased additional gaming content in the three months preceding the survey.
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- October 2016
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- United States
- Survey time period
- August 19 to September 2, 2016
- Number of respondents
- 8,893 respondents
- Age group
- 13-54 years
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- August 19 to September 2, 2016
- Number of respondents
- 8,893 respondents
- Age group
- 13-54 years
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Statistics on "Gaming monetization"
- Overview
The most important statistics
- PC and console games revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2022, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)Global PC and console games revenue 2012-2022, by type
- Revenue generated by free-to-play and pay-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games worldwide as of June 2016, by region (in million U.S. dollars)F2P & P2P MMO games market value worldwide 2016, by region
- Distribution of digital games market revenue worldwide in 2017, by monetization model Distribution of digital games market revenue 2017, by monetization model
- Distribution of worldwide mobile application revenues in 2017, by channelShare of worldwide mobile app revenues 2017, by channel
- Percentage of consumers who purchased additional video game content in the United States as of September 2016Share of U.S. consumers purchasing additional gaming content 2016, by type
- Percentage of mobile users making in-game purchases on a monthly basis worldwide as of May 2016, by platformShare of global mobile users making in-game purchases 2016, by platform
- Digital games industry revenue in the United States in 2016, by game category (in million U.S. dollars)Digital games industry revenue in the U.S. 2016, by category
- Share of free and paid mobile game apps on Google Play Store as of December 2016Share of mobile games on Google Play 2016, by monetization type
- Free games
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- In-game consumer spending worldwide in 2015 and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)In-game consumer spending worldwide 2015-2020
- Free-to-play (F2P) PC games market revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)F2P PC games revenue worldwide 2012-2022
- Free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide in 2016, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)Free-to-play (F2P) PC games revenue worldwide 2016, by region
- In-game mobile gaming revenue in the United States from 2013 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. in-game mobile gaming revenue 2013-2016
- Percentage of freemium mobile gamers who made in-game purchases in February 2016, by number of purchasesNumber of in-game purchases made by freemium mobile gamers 2016
- Amount spent on in-game purchases according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016Amount spent on in-game purchases according to U.S. gamers 2016
- Leading free-to-play (F2P) massively multiplayer online (MMO) games worldwide in 2017, by revenue (in million U.S. dollars)Leading F2P MMO games worldwide 2017, by revenue
- Paid games
The most important statistics
- Average annual expenditure on video games per consumer unit in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by type (in U.S. dollars)U.S. household expenditure on video games 2011-2017, by type
- Leading sources used to purchase or download video games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016Leading locations for video game purchases in the U.S. 2016
- Leading mobile payment methods used by digital gamers to buy console game content worldwide in 2017Leading mobile payments methods used for console game content worldwide 2017
- Frequency of pre-ordering video games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016Game pre-order frequency according to U.S. gamers 2016
- Number of paid PC games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid PC games possession in the U.S. 2016
- Number of paid home console games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid home console games possession in the U.S. 2016
- Number of paid smartphone or tablet games owned by gamers in the United States as of December 2016Paid mobile games possession in the U.S. 2016
- Leading paid game titles on Steam in 2017, by number of units sold (in 1,000s)Top paid games on Steam 2017, by unit sales
- Monetization
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- Worldwide in-app advertising and app store revenues of mobile apps and games in 2015 and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)Global in-app advertising and app store revenues 2015 & 2020
- Mobile gaming app monetization methods used worldwide as of September 2017, by OSMobile games monetization methods usage worldwide 2017, by OS
- Most popular advertising software development kits (SDKs) used by Android gaming and non-gaming apps in 1st half 2017, by share of voiceTop advertising SDKs used by Android gaming and non-gaming apps 2017
- Distribution of mobile in-app advertising impressions worldwide between January and November 2017, by ad formatIn-app advertising impression share worldwide in 2017, by ad format
- Monthly average in-app purchase amount per gaming app user worldwide as of May 2016, by platform (in U.S. dollars)Monthly in-app gaming spend per user 2016, by platform
- Average annual in-game spending of mobile gamers in the United States in 2016, by game title (in U.S. dollars)Annual mobile in-game spending in the U.S. 2016, by game
- Share of mobile free to download game apps on Google Play Store as of December 2016, by monetization modelShare of free mobile games on Google Play 2016, by monetization model
- Number of Google Play games using selected monetization models as of December 2016Google Play games using selected monetization models 2016
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- Percentage of consumers who purchased additional video game content in the United States as of September 2016
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- Digital games industry revenue in the United States in 2016, by game category (in million U.S. dollars)
- Share of free and paid mobile game apps on Google Play Store as of December 2016
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- Percentage of freemium mobile gamers who made in-game purchases in February 2016, by number of purchases
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- Mobile gaming app monetization methods used worldwide as of September 2017, by OS
- Most popular advertising software development kits (SDKs) used by Android gaming and non-gaming apps in 1st half 2017, by share of voice
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- Total consumer expenditure on online content in Japan from 2009 to 2014 (in billion Japanese Yen)
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