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- Published on: Thursday, July 21, 2016
- "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOThe "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.comVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.comCheck out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5HOr on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
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Kovic Xu
2 years ago +4414ive never paid real money for virtual money...
Adolfo Roman
a years ago +1214As a game developer, I have to say that freemium games are killing video games. Let me explain: yes they make boatloads of money, but the creativity and game design behind 99% of freemium games is not deep, not deep at all. Its all based first and foremost (because the games are free) on how can they make the players suffer in order to get them to pay up. Then comes the creativity. So it will always be creativity second or third and profits first. It should be gamedesign/creativity first and then profits. Just my two cents.
LubbaForLife
a years ago +260330 Second unskippable AD... I just made you 30 cents
Sgt. Hippie Cat
a years ago +707how to avoid:
play paid steam games
Cody Mondeel
a years ago +5921:49
The answer is 73 cents
(Note: I rounded the results)
SB Isaac
2 years ago +2449Did you know? Companies are made to make money...
Daniel 64th
1 months ago +173And google play says LUCKY PATCHER is harmful...
fan boy
a years ago +261I don't buy items in game...but I'm ready to buy a game without in-app purchases
Brollic
a years ago +3433:28 when you have android on iphone
Im mind blown
Lamp Camper
9 months ago +90That movement when you have played so many free games and have not spent a single penny on them
T H I C C
a years ago +2601Its called pay to win
Cliff Worsfold
a years ago +229Just play B2P games. Spend $5-30 on an actual decent game and never worry about microtransactions (unless it's EA)
Group Project - In a nutshell
4 months ago +67Clap for those people who play steam games and only watching this video for educational purpose
HK Lt LeoN
7 months ago +21Me: why not pay a few dollars on an actual decent game
Kids: nah mate I’ll stick with free games
Kids:(proceeds to spent hundreds on a useless skins)
Georgios Bakirtzis
1 months ago +27I can’t believe I’m actually doing this but I did the math for one incense, it’s....
73 cents
Eldar Iskanderov
2 years ago +2137How free games are designed to make money
Ads.
S K Das
1 months ago +23What if you could pay virtual money to buy real money
にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien
a years ago +103as much as I hate Freemium game at least they are free to play, right now even full priced 60 fckin dollars AAA game has microtransaction almost as bad as Freemium game
Nabeel Gm
7 days ago +9Those pubg players who open crates for real money..... They're dumbest..
Nerry
a years ago +111This is just my opinion, if you got offended im really sorry but this is my belief:
I can't believe how people spend their money and uninstall it anyways. I'd rather challenge myself getting the thing i need rather than buying it. That's why you call it a GAME. To get challenged. You didnt download the game to just spend hundreds of bucks but to have fun and get challenged and make your brains work not your credit card.