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US Gamers Spend $3.8 Billion On MMOs Yearly

eldavojohn writes "A new report from Games Industry indicates that MMO gamers in the United States paid $3.8 billion to play last year, with an analysis of five European countries bringing the total close to $4.5 billion USD. In America, the report estimated that payments for boxed content and client downloads amounted to a measly $400 million, while the subscriptions came to $2.38 billion. Hopefully that will fund some developer budgets for bigger and better MMOs yet to come. The study also found that roughly a quarter of the US population plays some form of MMO. Surely MMOs are shaping up to be a juicy industry, and a market that can satisfy people of all walks of life."

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  1. Re:I'd prefer to see lost productivity by wjc_25 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably more than Minesweeper, less than Solitaire.

  2. Re:Farmville by MadUndergrad · · Score: 5, Funny

    My faith in humanity just died a little.

  3. Re:Farmville by Berkyjay · · Score: 5, Funny

    You had faith in humanity?

  4. Re:Corporate Shills by Reverend+Zanix · · Score: 3, Funny

    They also often seem like they promote some of those dungeons as being part of the expansion though. Fight the Lich King! In a year or so!

  5. MMOs? by Michael+Kristopeit · · Score: 2, Funny

    they also live at their MOMs

  6. The Internet by bistromath007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    MMOs replace Your father's love for mother She gets a webcam Burma Shave

  7. Re:Mod parent awesome. For the children. by bertoelcon · · Score: 4, Funny

    For the children? You some sort of pedophile?

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