The Evolution and Social Impact of Video Game Economics

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4343-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Casey B. Hart is associate professor in the Department of Mass Communication at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Contents

Introduction
Casey 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 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 Švelch

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Studies in New Media
Co-Autor	Hsuan-Yi Chou, Mark D. Cruea, Steve Cuff, Casey B. Hart
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 223 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-4985-4343-X / 149854343X
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-4343-9 / 9781498543439
Zustand	Neuware