TY - GEN
T1 - Video game industry as a social network
AU - Morelli, Tony
AU - Gunes, Mehmet Hadi
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The video game market is a complex system where the relationships between game titles and publishers is convoluted. While some publishers are responsible for a large number of titles others seem to be less successful. In an attempt to understand the characteristics and evolution of the video game industry, we analyze the market using social network analysis. For this purpose, we build a heterogenous network of the video game industry at different levels. Moreover, to interpret the behavior of the generations of game consoles, we build these networks for each console, i.e., PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, and analyze the three generations they went through. We perform a comparative temporal analysis of the evolution of the industry by investigating 14 video game consoles as five generations. Finally, we try to provide insights and future directions regarding the video game market.
AB - The video game market is a complex system where the relationships between game titles and publishers is convoluted. While some publishers are responsible for a large number of titles others seem to be less successful. In an attempt to understand the characteristics and evolution of the video game industry, we analyze the market using social network analysis. For this purpose, we build a heterogenous network of the video game industry at different levels. Moreover, to interpret the behavior of the generations of game consoles, we build these networks for each console, i.e., PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, and analyze the three generations they went through. We perform a comparative temporal analysis of the evolution of the industry by investigating 14 video game consoles as five generations. Finally, we try to provide insights and future directions regarding the video game market.
KW - Complex networks
KW - Game consoles
KW - Social networks
KW - Video game industry
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U2 - 10.1109/ASONAM.2012.204
DO - 10.1109/ASONAM.2012.204
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874274838
SN - 9780769547992
T3 - Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
SP - 1183
EP - 1188
BT - Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
Y2 - 26 August 2012 through 29 August 2012
ER -