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The evolution and social impact of video game economics /
This book examines how the video game industry's economic strategies have changed over the past decade (2006-2016) from a media effects and game design perspective. It also features discussions and analyses on the social impact of these changes and how consumers have reacted to evolving marketi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Studies in new media.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Casey B. Hart
- "Show me the money!" : shifting fields of capital in the global game industry / Casey O'Donnell
- Nintendo's retro revolution : commodified nostalgia and the virtual console / Steve Cuff and Christopher Terry
- Business models, planned obsolescence, externalities : examining the virtual hand of the video game industry / Mark D. Cruea
- Prestige : a cyclical act for consumer control / Brent Kice
- Free-to-play? : considering the interaction of functional factors in video game design influencing the economic effectiveness of microtransactions / Casey B. Hart
- P(l)aying pretty : consuming fairy tales and device applications / Emma Whatman
- Playing with and against microtransactions : the discourses of microtransactions acceptance and rejection in mainstream video games / Jan Ovelch
- 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
- Gold farming in China and in Western academia, journalism, and fiction / Bjarke Liboriussen
- About the editor and contributors.