Linux Users More Likely To Pay For Games?

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday November 12, 2003 @07:34AM from the freedom-to-spend-freely dept.

Teppy writes "I noticed something unexpected the other day when reviewing the subscriber counts for our MMORPG, A Tale In The Desert. Of everyone who tries our game, Linux users are definitely more inclined to pay money to subscribe. In fact, overall, about 15.6% of Windows users who do the free trial will subscribe, while among Linux users the number is 19.3%. Furthermore, Linux users tend to remain subscribers for a longer time. Are we the only game company noticing this?" Is this down to loyalty, choice, or other mysterious factors?

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Open Source? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-12 07:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

This had to be mentioned, but maybe it's because Linux users don't pay out the ass for the majority of their other software, so letting go of their money towards a good investment is easier?

I'm sure there are plenty of other factors, but it was just a thought.