2 / Vladimir Potiomkin ; con la collaborazione di A. Efimov ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNICASMIL0265129
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Roma], : Editori riuniti, 1956
• Descrizione fisica: 361 p., [28] p. di tav. : ill. ; 21 cm.
• Disciplina: 327.09
• Soggetti: Diplomazia - Storia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The evolution and social impact of video game economics / / edited by Casey B. Hart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792909503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-4985-4343-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Studies in New Media
• Disciplina: 794.815365
• Soggetti: Video games - Economic aspects; Video games industry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 marketing and design strategies.