As a result, experts found that since February 2022, about 34% of players in Russia switched to torrents. The same number of players completely stopped buying games for money.
At the same time, 15% of the respondents said that they refused to buy for reasons of principle, while 10% did not want to be involved in workarounds. There are even those who are dissatisfied with the quality of recently released projects – 7% of them have already accumulated.
Statistics also showed that 25% of players created accounts in other countries to buy games, bypassing the embargo. Interestingly, against what is happening, the share of those who spend every month on games from 5 to 10 thousand rubles increased – from 23% to 32%.
Source: Ferra
