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I have seen the ‘gamers buy 3 games’ stated by various people before. Do you happen to know off hand what percentage of gamers that applies too. I am trying to

• gambiting 5y ago
  Well, so few extra things: 1) it's an industry average, so some people will only buy a console to play Fifa with their mates and literally never buy anything else, some people buy loads of games, but the average across the the industry is 3 games per year, and those games are extremely likely to be the ones listed above(in fact the 3rd one is usually, more often than not, a copy of GTA 5, as crazy as this is) 2) It only applies to people spending money. So if you just play WoW and nothing else, and never buy any new games, you aren't even counted. 3) Not all gamers are equally interested in all games. So of course a developer of a small indie game probably isn't aiming for the same crowd of Fifa/CoD buyers. Just like a small film director isn't making a decision on whether to make a movie based on whether they can compete with Marvel - they usually have different crowds. So yes, if you are predominantly interested in short, single player experiences in the £20 range, then probably no one at EA or Activision is pitching games for your crowd - but there will be other developers who do, and for whom you are the #1 target audience.