According to the latest survey by XYZ School, Russian gamers are increasingly moving away from pirated games in favor of licensed ones.
In the third quarter of 2024, the volume of downloaded pirated gaming content amounted to 81.6 billion rubles, whereas in the first quarter, this figure exceeded 118 billion rubles.
Meanwhile, almost 70% of the respondents purchased original versions of titles after testing them by downloading free pirated copies.
For comparison, in the first quarter of 2024, this indicator was only 53%. Thus, since the beginning of the year, the share of pirates preferring licensed games has grown by 15 percentage points.
The data from XYZ School is based on a survey of gamers and an analysis of market conditions. It is worth noting that the number of respondents and the methodology of the study are not disclosed.
In April of this year, the same XYZ School reported that 74% of Russian gamers pirate games.