Fate / Grand Order has thousands of players who spend more than € 1.600 a year in the game
A fifth of the respondents admitted to being in the group of people who spend the most on the mobile game FATE GO. Players who don't spend are also heavily represented.
Fate / Grand Order is one of the most popular mobile gacha games in Japan. It has one of the strongest and most dedicated player bases thanks to its large number of events and characters to collect. This makes it very attractive for its players to spend huge amounts of money on a regular basis and that is why it is one of the highest grossing mobile games.
Appbank conducted a survey of its users and found that a significant percentage of respondents spent over €1600 on the game in 2018. The survey indicates that 20,6% of its players are among the so-called "whales" who support the free-to-play model and are the most represented. Although the sample size for a game with millions of players is quite small—only 982 respondents—we can say that several thousand players spent €1600 on Fate/Grand Order microtransactions in 2018 alone. While the sample size isn't the most representative, it does highlight one of the trends in free-to-play games.
Fate / Gran Order is a money maker with microtransactions
After the big spenders come the players who haven't spent anything. They represent 13,3% of the players surveyed, which is surely much higher when considering the total number of players in the game. The most money a single player spent last year was ten million yen. According to a currency converter, that's equivalent to more than 80.157 euros.
The character that generated the most income was Scáthach-Skaði, with whom 20,9% of those surveyed spent more than € 400 to get it. And not everyone gets the character they want, because a third admitted that despite what they spent, they never got the character they wanted.
Amidst the ongoing debate about loot boxes that prey on players' gambling addiction, mobile games like Fate/Grand Order and Fire Emblem Heroes remain largely untouched despite being more aggressive and widespread . Many players can spend vast sums of money without oversight or regulation, yet these games escape criticism because they don't appear alongside console games featuring big names like Star Wars, nor do they receive extensive coverage from dedicated media outlets. However, this very fact can be seen as an easier barrier to entry, as they don't require a significant investment to access.
Source | Anime News Network
