Gamer Behavior Categorized

Vodoo Extreme has the results from a recent study that looks into the spending and playing habits of gamers. From the article: "Gamers spend more than $700 a year: $341 on console titles, $233 on PC games and another $140 for accessories."

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And how much do they spend on their girlfriends?

[Anonymous Coward]

See above.

MMO?

[nacturation]

And probably about $300 worth of subscription costs to several MMO games. Man, they should find a way to combine those "get paid to surf" programs with MMOGs so that some gamers can at least afford rent after they pay their monthly game tax.

Buy games??

[fodi]

You can BUY games?? where?

Re:RTFA

[rmarll]

This poll is at least as valid as a slashdot poll. Er study.

# This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.

yeah right

[Sebadude]

Excerpt from the article adjusted for the real world:

Gamers spend more than $200 a year: $100 on blank media for console titles, $100 on blank media for PC games, and another $30 for labels, sharpies and cd sleeves.

Heh.

Re:RTFA

[spectral]

single white male w/ body odor?

Oh noes!

[dauthur]

Gamers spend more than $700 a year: $341 on console titles, $233 on PC games and another $140 for accessories.

Jeez I hope I don't go over my limit...

Rethink

[eamonman]

I think there's something interesting in this:

There should be multi-dimensional spread;

X=% of Discretionary spending spent on tech:
Y=% of tech spending spent on games:

100%--S------T------U------V
75%---O------P---- --Q------R
50%---K------L------M------N
25%---G- -----H------I------J
0%A---B------C------D------E
0%----25%---50%---75%---100%+

I'll just list the fun ones; feel free to fill in the others:
A(0%,0%) - Has no worldly possesions and spends zero money on tech or games: Monk, Dedicated amish
D(75%,0) - You have a giant entertainment system, nice car, possibly the latest GQ. You think games are for kids.
E(100%,0) - If this is even possible.. you're a megalomanic scientist who seeks to take over the world by working in your lab to build a giant robot. Or you built a robo-hooker and maintinence costs you everything.
K(50%, 25%) - Typical slashdot reader? (more into tech than games, but buys some games)
N(100%,50%) - You live at home and you have all game systems. Your mid level stereo bothers your parents.
O(25%, 75%) - You have every game system but you play it all on your late 90's 27" TV.
S(25%, 100%+) - The EB Games clerks within 40 miles of you know you by name. People keep telling you to by an HD set but you aren't willing to put up the bucks.
T(50%,100%) - Not only do you subscribe to most known MMORPGS, you try to play your new game on your console while waiting for the mobs. EB Games and GameStop employees are told to call you to get you to buy their games.
V(100%, 100%) - You are either the largest spoiled brat on earth, buying only the newest game every day to play at your palatial mansion; You have a casino credit line at all game stores. All your non-game stuff is probably paid for (you have to have something to play all your games on. You wonder what it might be like to work a day in your life, but then you go back to playing again.

Ok I think I've wasted enough time on this psycho-silly-nerdy comment.

Half as much as smokers

[dolphinling]

Gamers spend more than $700 a year...

So in other words, half as much as smokers. And we have a lot more fun with what we buy. Is this even newsworthy?