PlayStation vs Xbox: More PS3 Gamers Pay for Digital Content
Xbox gamers, get your wallets out!
Ready for another console flame war? How about this one - according to a study from data specialist Kantar Worldpanel, UK PS3 owners are more willing to pay for digital content than Xbox 360 users.
Here are the figures: in the last year, 8 million people have purchased a digital film, TV show or game in the UK. Specifically, over 1 million people have paid for a digital game, and a further 500,000 bought DLC for a game. Here's the kicker - 17 per cent of PS3 gamers happily spent money on such content, while 11 per cent of Xbox 360 users did the same.
Yeah, stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Xbox losers! You're all incredibly cheap tightwads... or something. That wasn't very convincing, was it? Sorry about that - you'll have to replace this with your own juvenile console-based insult here.
Don't think that digital is becoming the dominant medium for entertainment just yet, though. "Although the digital market is growing, consumers are at present choosing to engage with both physical and digital content, rather than switching from one format to the other," says Fiona Keenan, Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight manager.
"As this behaviour continues, it’s important that retailers offer a complete entertainment package to meet the needs of their consumers."
Via MCV
Here are the figures: in the last year, 8 million people have purchased a digital film, TV show or game in the UK. Specifically, over 1 million people have paid for a digital game, and a further 500,000 bought DLC for a game. Here's the kicker - 17 per cent of PS3 gamers happily spent money on such content, while 11 per cent of Xbox 360 users did the same.
Yeah, stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Xbox losers! You're all incredibly cheap tightwads... or something. That wasn't very convincing, was it? Sorry about that - you'll have to replace this with your own juvenile console-based insult here.
Don't think that digital is becoming the dominant medium for entertainment just yet, though. "Although the digital market is growing, consumers are at present choosing to engage with both physical and digital content, rather than switching from one format to the other," says Fiona Keenan, Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight manager.
"As this behaviour continues, it’s important that retailers offer a complete entertainment package to meet the needs of their consumers."
Via MCV
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KarakuraNinja 28 Jun 2012 19:19
1/2
I have started paying for downloads this year beginning with the Final Fantasy sale, VITA titles, and other content that I find the pricing to be satisfying, I also take into account the hidden costs like how much space the game will take in my VITA memory card to balance out physical titles and digital title costs. I don't buy DLC though, I hate that stuff and I stopped buying CAPCOM titles especially because they demand you pay three times the actual game. The flood so much DLC its outraeous for players who want to play fresh new titles with the money the spend. DLC is arguably bad for the industry in the case of CAPCOM
LEWIS 28 Jun 2012 22:59
2/2
I think DLC is refreshing for a game, though we should not have to pay extra for something already on the disc - in fact, that should be banned. But yeah, as a PS3 owner I feel that we are a lot more open-minded than many Xbox owners (who tend to just focus ONLY on shooters and sports games, then get angry/abusive whenever you try to slightly defend your PS console) so it doesn't surprise me that we like to dabble in a bit of LBP DLC or whatever :)