58% Of PC Gaming Revenue Came From Microtransactions In 2024

This is bad news for the future of gaming. Not a surprise, but bad news.
- Yup but at the same time this only happens because gamers allow it to.

Thank you MapleStory and FarmVille for showing us the way, I guess.
- Don't forget the Horse Armor DLC
  
  Remember when it used to only cost 2.99...

The future is dumb. We were promised jetpacks and all we got was microtransactions and microplastic.
- Dude, we have microplastics in our balls. That can't be good, right?
  
  Not unless you're a Ken doll

I’ve never once paid a microtransaction for anything… fairly priced DLC that adds valuable playable content to the game, of course, but the fact that horse armor took off is pretty baffling to me.
- I've done it a handful of times myself. Like after three years of playing DRG, I bought a cosmetic pack at a discount.
  I don't mind supporting a developer if they continue to support their game long term and are reasonable.
  
  DRG is a different thing. They just keep developing new content without charging money and support it by optional cosmetics.

I want to see the breakdown of spending per user.
In the mobile games space, like 90% of some games' revenue comes from a handful of people who drop tens of thousands of dollars.

Industry that went all in on microtransactions at the expense of game quantity/quality sees increased profits from microtransactions

Not sure entirely how to feel about this. It incentives genuinely worse experiences, but it also means that as someone who never pays for any micro transaction, my gaming can be subsidized by those who do. That said, it's also one of the reasons that I've moved away from most games where micro transactions are a major element, and the skins in games like CoD are pretty obnoxious

But is the overall market growing? What I'd love to know is if less people are playing non-MTX games now than before, or if we're just getting more people staying to play games and they happen to be drawn to MTX games, ie. a broader target market, in the same way we saw mobile gaming explode with people who never played games before.

NGL, I spent more on Destiny 2 crap I’ll never use than actual new games, and I’m depressed by this fact.
- She said she wanted to express herself, so I gave her a thumbs up
  
  If you think this armor is impressive, wait until you see me out of it.

Per to the report, three games led the way for the growth of microtransaction revenue: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Roblox, and Fortnite.
The 58%, or $24.4 billion, represented a slight 1.4% year-over-year (YoY) growth in that area.
So, nothing new. Fortnite continues to make bank. Not a surprise.
I'd be interested to see what kinds of other games the people making the majority of these purchases play

This really surprises me. I'd expect this from mobile games. I play exclusively on PC, and I've never even been offered to participate in a micro transaction. Maybe I'm just playing the wrong (right?) games?
- Because you're playing the right games. When you come across these type of games its so jarring. You open the game and the first thing you see is an ad then a link to the store.

I’ve bought very few microtransactions and the most satisfying was the Delorean Time Machine from Back to the Future in Rocket League