“Freemium” games can end up gaming gamers.
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The “freemium” business model allows us to use an app for free with the option to purchase additional features. In the case of games, that model can fundamentally alter the user experience, from gaming to getting gamed.
By collecting troves of data on how users play their games, developers have mastered the science of applied addiction. And with the rise of “freemium” games that rely on micro-transactions, they have good reason to deploy the tools of behavioral psychology to inspire purchases.
In the video above, I spoke to Jamie Madigan, author of a blog, podcast, and book about the psychology of video games. We take a look at some of the mind tricks that some of these games use to convert players into payers.
You can find more of his work here: https://www.psychologyofgames.com
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The incense costs 72 cents! Easy
I really want to know how games that boast you can earn money by playing exist. Are they actually paying real money? Do they somehow make money by giving players money or are they aiming for something else? What’s the point of paying people to play solitaire or bingo?
free to play by the way
I didn’t need to watch the whole video! It just summarised it in the beginning😂
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People who use hacked apks –
Fools
Gacha games and EA: You need to be a P2W. Now hand me over the money!
2 seconds in and I already assume if it’s free then you’re the product
Pay to WIN is the worst game you could play, I dont mind freemium games.
Ah clash of clans gems the sure way of people paying
One insense is around 40-50 cents IRL DOLLARS. I think?
Hey! I atleast tried math.
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Anyone who thinks that this is normal?
This is why I stopped playing mobile games
One incense cost real $.073, just did the math
That's why i use Lucky Patcher
So instead of making a good product they use brainwashing. Im pretty sure this is illegal. Pretty evil practise.
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the answer is 73 cents (or 72.5818181 to be precise)
I always find that games that cost money to get are better than free apps. And you end up paying less in the long term and have less pain.
Lol…..I freaked out expending digital than in cash..just opposite that the guy said
Or as most gamers call it: pay 2 win games.
Well, this aged terribly. Now, over 90% of mobile games are "Pay-2-Win". It wasn't a trend: it was an awakening.
Yep! In-app purchases!
Wow
Ironically enough, the best version of this are usually Japanese Gacha games, the games that were made around the concept of buying and spending the currency to get good characters. A lot of the Gacha games I play are very F2P (free to Play) friendly like Fate/Grand Order and Fire Emblem Heroes. You don’t even need to spend to get those good characters to progress in the game because you’re given loads of really good characters for free and other "lower rarity" characters can be good or can be made good anyway (For example: Arash, Hans, Fuuma, FSN Cu, and Spartacus for FGO and Peony, Eir, Reginn, Fjorm, Ash, and Brave Ike for FEH)
Who's here in 2022
This so happens to my sister all the time, she spends tons of money on FreeFire and many times hackers have stole our credit card information from that game 😱😭.
its all about using real money for virtual money, what a world we live in. numbers numbers numbers
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