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DFC reveals iPhone gamers' spending habits

Stuart Dredge
DFC reveals iPhone gamers' spending habits

7% of iPhone and iPod touch owners have spent more than $50 on games in the last three months.

How much money are iPhone and iPod touch owners spending on games, and how often? DFC Intelligence has released the results of a survey of 640 people which provide food for thought.

It suggests that just over 39.5% of them haven't spent anything on games in the last three months - a proportion that rises to 49.1% in Europe.

13.6% have spent less than $5 in that time period, 11.7% have spent $5-$9, and 13.4% have spent $10-$19.

However, there are some high rollers out there. 5.5% of iPhone and iPod touch owners have spent $30-$39 on games in the last three months, while just over 7% have spent more than $50 - a proportion that rises to 10.3% for Europeans.

The full charts are in VentureBeat's write-up of the report, which also focused on virtual items within games on all platforms.

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Still, crunching the numbers reveals that 21.7% of all iPhone and iPod touch owners have spent more than $20 on games in the last three months.

Which, according to Apple's last official figure of 75 million iPhone and iPod touch sales, means more than 16 million people.

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