How Much Money Do Free-To-Play MMOs Make?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 9, 2009 @10:17AM from the insert-coin-for-funny-hat dept.

simoniker writes "Over at Gamasutra, a new feature article discusses how much money free-to-play MMO games make, with specific real-world stats from game developers willing to discuss how they make money with microtransaction-based PC games. In particular, Puzzle Pirates co-creator Daniel James reveals that 'the average revenue per user (ARPU) is between one and two dollars a month, but only about 10% of his player base has ever paid him anything. As a result, he says, approximately 5,000 gamers are generating the $230,000 in revenue he sees each month.' It's obviously quite a different model from the regular $15/month for World Of Warcraft, but it evidently works for some companies."

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I think 6 by geekoid · 2009-06-09 10:47 · Score: 5, Funny

is it 6? I'm guessing 6, 6 right?
"approximately 5,000 gamers are generating the $230,000 in revenue he sees each month."
If you knew, why the hell did you ask me?

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Re:Dear free MMO companies by Capt.DrumkenBum · 2009-06-09 10:50 · Score: 5, Funny

"ransacking the couch for ramen money" That sounds really dirty to me for some reason.
Is that what you kids are calling it these days? In my day was just called it sex, I guess I am just old.
Get off my lawn.

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