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Linux Users More Likely To Pay For Games?

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Market Saturation, DUh by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Linux Users More Likely To Pay For Games?"

    That's like asking if Mac users like music more than Windows users because they buy more iPods.

    It's not a mysterious factor. It's a benefit of making a game in an under-supplied market.

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  2. Game starved? More like starved, period by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1, Funny

    It is not that the Linux users are game-starved, it is more like they are sex-starved and food-starved. Half of the subscribers think it is "A Piece of Tail in the Desert", and the rest think it is a "A Tale of Dessert".

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  3. They can pay by neosiv · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah they have extra money from not paying for an overpriced OS

  4. duh by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 2, Funny
    They have lots of free money from not having to pay for WinXP.

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