The evolution and social impact of video game economics

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    • Hart, Casey B.

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The evolution and social impact of video game economics

edited by Casey B. Hart

(Studies in new media)

Lexington Books, c2017

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Today, consumers of video games spend over $22.4 billion each year; using more complex and multi-layered strategies, game developers attempt to extend the profitability of their products from a simple one-time sale, to continuous engagement with the consumer. The Evolution and Social Impact of Video Game Economics examines paradigmatic changes in the economic structure of the video game industry from a media effects and game design perspective. This book explores how game developers have changed how they engage players in order to facilitate continuous financial transactions. Contributors look from the advent of microtransactions and downloadable content (DLCs) to the impact of planned obsolescence, impulse buying, and emotional control. This collection takes a broad view of the game dynamics and market forces that drive the video game industry, and features international contributors from Asia, Europe, and Australia.

目次

Contents Introduction Casey Hart 1."Show me the money!" - Shifting Fields of Capital in the Global Game Industry Casey O'Donnell 2.Nintendo's Retro Revolution: Commodified Nostalgia and the Virtual Console Steve Cuff and Christopher Terry 3.Business Models, Planned Obsolescence, Externalities: Examining the Virtual Hand of the Video Game Industry Mark D. Cruea 4.Prestige: A Cyclical Act for Consumer Control Brent Kice 5.Free-to-play? Considering the interaction of functional factors in video game design influencing the economic effectiveness of microtransactions Casey Hart 6.P(l)aying Pretty: Consuming Fairy Tales and Device Applications Emma Whatman 7.Playing with and against Microtransactions: The Discourses of Microtransactions Acceptance and Rejection in Mainstream Video Games Jan Svelch 8.Smart Players and Happy Consumers: Effects of Game Characteristics and Player Emotional Experiences on in-App Ad Responses Hsuan-Yi Chou and Shaojung Sharon Wang 9.Gold Farming in China-and in Western Academia, Journalism, and Fiction Bjarke Liboriussen About the Editor and Contributors

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