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."

Re:I'd prefer to see lost productivity

[wjc_25]

Probably more than Minesweeper, less than Solitaire.

Re:Farmville

[MadUndergrad]

My faith in humanity just died a little.

Re:Farmville

[Berkyjay]

You had faith in humanity?

Re:Corporate Shills

[Reverend Zanix]

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!

MMOs?

[Michael Kristopeit]

they also live at their MOMs

The Internet

[bistromath007]

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

Re:Mod parent awesome. For the children.

[bertoelcon]

For the children? You some sort of pedophile?