Do you pay to play Phone and Facebook games?

[flatlan]

Do you pay to play Phone and Facebook games?  I am addicted to Candy Crush like MM and it seems the rest of the world.  When I first started playing, I was surprised to see some of the high scores/how fast other people advanced.  I asked a coworker that also plays Candy Crush if she bought extra lives, boosters, etc and at first she said no.  Then after talking for awhile she admitted that if she could complete a level with just a few more moves, she would purchase them.

 I am curious, do you spend money on games that you play on your phone and/or facebook?  If so, how much? 

[flatlan]

I will answer my own question. I have not spent any money so far but I have been very, very tempted several times with candy crush to purchase more lives or extra moves.

[heygrey]

i play, but it will be a cold day in hell before i spend money on it.

i'm just too frugal to even entertain the idea.

[Deleted]

This is why I don't play. I refuse to pay for that type of thing and yet I know it would drive me nuts if I didn't have the moves to finish.

[Deleted]

Nope, I don't play games.

[Deleted]

hell no.In fact, I dont even have a smart phone to play on!! To me, a phone is to communicate with others, not to play games on!

[gibbinator]

Occasionally. I have probably spent less than $10 on apps total
Eta :I've never purchased anything within a game

[Kore]

May 3, 2013 6:16:52 GMT -5 @susan3589 said:

To me, a phone is to communicate with others, not to play games on!

It's so hard for me to understand this opinion. To me, a smartphone is a consolidation of devices. It's a GPS, MP3 player, computer, camera, etc. How is that a bad thing?

My millennial is showing.

[Kore]

To answer the question, yes, I play games. Even ones that aren't free. I played the shit out of Plants vs Zombies, Rayman Origins, Sally's Spa, Bejeweled, Jetpack Joyride.

[AAM2012]

I purchase and play a few games but never ever would I spend additional money while playing the game to get additional lives or pass levels.

[Deleted]

Candy Crush is the only Facebook game I've played. I paid .99 to get to the next set of levels. I haven't played in weeks because I have a pretty short attention span. I've played some cell phone games that I've downloaded from the app store, but they were all free.

[randp1]

I paid .99 to get to the next level in candy crush. then, i had more friends join and now ask them for tickets. we give each other extra lives and boosters. also, if i am stuck, i play on my computer (through FB) instead of iphone. i can access the boosters there - that's how i got passed level 65. . i also found that i have "credits" on the FB version to get through to the next episode if i don't get the tickets from friends.

also, when you play on FB, it will tell you that if you play x amount of levels on one of their other games (like pet rescue saga), it will give you a set of lollipop boosters or something else. i have done that to get the boosters. (In fact, i liked pet rescue saga & wanted to download it to my iphone bcse it seemed like an easy game for my kids to play, but they only have it in a computer version).

[Deleted]

I have spent $0.99 several times to buy tickets on candy crush, but I haven't bought extra moves or anything. I'm on a high level because I've been playing nonstop for three months!

[Deleted]

May 3, 2013 6:23:31 GMT -5 Kore said:

May 3, 2013 6:16:52 GMT -5 @susan3589 said:

To me, a phone is to communicate with others, not to play games on!

It's so hard for me to understand this opinion. To me, a smartphone is a consolidation of devices. It's a GPS, MP3 player, computer, camera, etc. How is that a bad thing?

My millennial is showing.

Ita. I felt this way even before I got a smartphone!

[ECB]

Yes, I play games on my phone. I have paid for stuff - but very cautiously. I won't pay anything for Candy Crush, and I actually won't even go to FB w/ it - so... no going past level 35 for me.

I have purchased Angry Birds - but it really does keep me entertained and sometimes DS. So I feel it's worth it.

I've also bought apps/games for DS. Again- only after researching it and really determining if I think he'll like it. I usually don't spend over $2.99 for anything. If even that.

[pugz]

dh and I play candy crush together on the same account (he doesn't have a FB). I play on my phone, he plays on the laptop. Probably about half a dozen times I've bought 5 more moves if I'm on a crazy hard level and can see that I am within 5 moves to win it. Only if we've tried beating the level for 24 hours and are at our wits end

it comes from my fun money, dh acted shocked at first when I fessed up to doing it, then the next time we were stuck and in that position he was like "so.....are you gonna buy the moves" lol. I corrupted him.

I am wicked excited that the app update last night added more levels for me. I am on level 305

[Deleted]

May 3, 2013 7:45:37 GMT -5 pugz said:

dh and I play candy crush together on the same account (he doesn't have a FB). I play on my phone, he plays on the laptop. Probably about half a dozen times I've bought 5 more moves if I'm on a crazy hard level and can see that I am within 5 moves to win it. Only if we've tried beating the level for 24 hours and are at our wits end

it comes from my fun money, dh acted shocked at first when I fessed up to doing it, then the next time we were stuck and in that position he was like "so.....are you gonna buy the moves" lol. I corrupted him.

I am wicked excited that the app update last night added more levels for me. I am on level 305

You are burning through cc! I am only on 266.

[niemand88f]

I've bought extra moves twice and a couple of the tickets to unlock more levels. I figure that if someone created a good game that I enjoy, there's no harm in paying a little bit for it.

[kershnic]

I've paid to buy games, like plants v. zombies, but don't pay within games. I've never played this infamous candy crush.

[aspentosh]

I've paid to buy games (probably less then $5 over the past 5, 6, 7 years?) and once I paid for candy crush help (less than $1).

[Deleted]

I haven't paid for any games and have advanced in cc all on freebies and help from others. You can cheat the system and get more lives by setting your phone ahead and then back before you finish the lives. That way you have endless lives.

[Susie]

I'm anti FB-games, free or otherwise.

[HoneySpider]

No, I don't play any games in general though.

[msmerymac]

My H and I used to have this restaurant game on the tablet. It was kind of dumb, but addictive like all these other games. I now play a Game of Thrones game on FB. In total I've spent maybe $25 in game on them and feel horribly guilty. My husband broke down and bought star wars angry birds a few weeks ago.

[Deleted]

I am not into games really. I have never played a facebook game and rarely play phone games.

I'm not against it, I just never have gotten into it.

[glynn]

NO

[smiley]

I would pay for an app but not moves / boosters etc within an app. I have made it to level 130 on Candy Crush without purchasing anything.

[soozy87]

I do not pay.

[mrssandro]

I play CC addictively but I never buy anything. If I can't beat it without buying it then I won't play.

[wanderlustfoodie]

Candy Crush is the only game I've played since I was a 13-year-old with a Nintendo system and I've spent more on it than I care to admit . I guess it's a good thing it's the only game I've gotten into.