Video Games & Esports

Steam's refund page describes DLC conditions involving the purchase period, underlying game's playtime and whether content has been consumed, modified or transferred, with some third-party exceptions. A DLC purchase is not automatically refundable. Creative and retention reporting should distinguish purchase, use and approved refund without promising a result for an individual request.

PlayStation says subscription benefits continue through the prepaid period after cancellation, then monthly subscription games lose access when the subscription ends. Discounted purchases and certain redeemed content are treated separately. Cancellation, expiry and a separately purchased game are different records; avoid interpreting a cancellation request as immediate loss of every entitlement or an already-issued refund.

Epic explains that some purchased V-Bucks are platform-restricted while others are shared, so balances can differ by platform. It separately says items bought with V-Bucks are available on the platforms where the player uses Fortnite. Wallet funding and an item entitlement are different records; preserve platform scope without converting virtual balances into cash revenue or assumed new purchases.

Nintendo's service FAQ says selected DLC can be downloaded at no additional cost with an active Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. Access through a membership and buying an add-on separately have different offer scopes. Revenue reporting should identify the actual membership transaction rather than count each included download as a new paid DLC sale; no permanent ownership or every-game coverage is inferred.

The median account AOV for Video Games & Esports is $15.34 USD. This is the middle account-level average order value in the benchmark.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

The middle 50% of account AOVs runs from $4.67 to $107.16 USD. This is the interquartile range, not the minimum and maximum.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

The 25th-percentile account AOV is $4.67 USD. It marks the lower edge of the middle 50% of this distribution.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

The 75th-percentile account AOV is $107.16 USD. It marks the upper edge of the middle 50%, not a performance target.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. The benchmark reports the median and middle 50% of those account values. Accounts are counted once and receive equal weight.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

No. It is the median of account-level average order values. Each account receives equal weight; it is not a pooled average of every order.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

The snapshot was read on 11 October 2026. The underlying reporting period was not supplied. The October 2026 label identifies the page edition, not the period in which the advertising results were measured.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

This benchmark covers Video Games & Esports classifications at the industry root and its subcategories. It is an aggregated advertising-data benchmark, not a census of all businesses.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

Enter your AOV in USD in the comparison field above. It shows the difference from the median and whether your value falls below, within or above the middle 50%. Your entered amount stays on this page.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

The comparison describes position in the account AOV distribution, not profitability. It is not a performance score.

USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.

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