Global gamers who purchased gaming add-ons 2020, by device

Published by
J. Clement,
Nov 9, 2024
According to a global gaming audience survey in the fourth quarter of 2020, console gamers were most likely to have purchased gaming add-ons in the past 12 months. Overall, 27 percent of responding console gamers stated that they had purchased DLC for a video game, while only 20 and 16 percent of PC and mobile gamers respectively claimed the same. In-game currency for in-game content was the most popular type of in-game purchase.

Share of global gamers who have purchased gaming add-ons as of 4th quarter 2020, by device

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Release date

May 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q4 2020

Number of respondents

21,275 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Special properties

purchased add-ons in the last year

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

7,426 (Console), 11,429 (PC/laptop), 13,212 (mobile) gamers & 2,783 (Xbox), 5,167 (PlayStation),1,896 (Switch) console gamers

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