How many people pay to play Mobile Strike

Probably not that many, but there are people that spend thousands on these stupid games. It's as bad as a gambling addiction. Freemium model is brilliant

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And bear in mind that the revenue isn’t the amount the app has earned over its life time, but per day.

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2. Mobile Strike Revenue: $1,271,560

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article is from last year but the game has made over a billion dollars

I play. Although, lately they've gotten out of hand with so many new releases costing so much, it's ridiculous and I'm probably about to back off.

I'm fricking stupid for the money I spent on that dumbass game. I'm talking a new car amount. fricking sickening.

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I'm talking a new car amount.

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The same could be said about Game of War. They had Kate Upton as their spokesman. I played for about a year but the constant upgrades and the need to purchase "gold packs" for $100 became insane. It became apparent that people were spending several thousands of dollars to play an online game that is supposedly "free". I turned over my account to someone that cared about the game way more than I did.

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It's as bad as a gambling addiction.

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Gambling isn't so bad though

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If you're the kind of person who puts thousands into machines daily at the expense of providing your daily needs

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See, I like those the best. Puts money in my account.

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I dropped about 3k into game of war and I want to say it was a mistake but it was really fun for a while

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Can you please explain how a game on your phone can be worth $3000 when you can get the best nintendo there is and it's best 10 games for under $1000? I assume part of it is because you can play anywhere but they sell little portable nintendos. I'm not a gamer so I honestly have no idea, I do want to know though!

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Can you please explain how a game on your phone can be worth $3000 when you can get the best nintendo there is and it's best 10 games for under $1000?

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I've never spent money to play a "free" game on my phone, but I can understand the allure. It's not like he took a wad of bills out and plunked down 3 grand at one time. It's a few bucks here, a few bucks there and the higher you get in the game, the more you need to spend to keep going. Then, before you know it, you've talked yourself into spending way more money than you should have.

I remember going to the arcade at the mall as a kid? with 20 bucks in my pocket and telling myself I'm only going to spend half on video games and the rest in the toy store. Thirty minutes later I'm walking out of the arcade with empty pockets and a soul full of dread at the prospect of spending the next hour waiting on my parents. Some people never grow out of that kind of thing.