According to a survey on online gaming conducted by Rakuten Insight in April 2022, about 20 percent of the online gamers from Hong Kong purchased in-games items or virtual goods, such as skins and avatars. The same survey found that 41 percent of the gamers from Hong Kong played online games daily.
Popular types of online gaming purchases made by gamers in the past six months in Hong Kong as of April 2022
among 1,865 female and 1,198 male online gamers who made in-game purchases
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The question asked in the survey was as follows: "Which of these gaming-related purchases have you made in the past six months? You may choose up to three options."
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Rakuten Insight. (June 22, 2022). Popular types of online gaming purchases made by gamers in the past six months in Hong Kong as of April 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118212/hong-kong-popular-reasons-for-gaming-related-purchases/
Rakuten Insight. "Popular types of online gaming purchases made by gamers in the past six months in Hong Kong as of April 2022." Chart. June 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118212/hong-kong-popular-reasons-for-gaming-related-purchases/
Rakuten Insight. (2022). Popular types of online gaming purchases made by gamers in the past six months in Hong Kong as of April 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118212/hong-kong-popular-reasons-for-gaming-related-purchases/
Rakuten Insight. "Popular Types of Online Gaming Purchases Made by Gamers in The past Six Months in Hong Kong as of April 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118212/hong-kong-popular-reasons-for-gaming-related-purchases/
Rakuten Insight, Popular types of online gaming purchases made by gamers in the past six months in Hong Kong as of April 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118212/hong-kong-popular-reasons-for-gaming-related-purchases/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Popular types of online gaming purchases made by gamers in the past six months in Hong Kong as of April 2022 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, June 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118212/hong-kong-popular-reasons-for-gaming-related-purchases/
