The evolution and social impact of video game economics / / edited by Casey B. Hart
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| Titolo: |
The evolution and social impact of video game economics / / edited by Casey B. Hart
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 794.815365 |
| Soggetto topico: | Video games - Economic aspects |
| Video games industry | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HartCasey B. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The evolution and social impact of video game economics |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-4343-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792909503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in new media.