Explorations in Player Motivations: Gamer Profiles

Bostan, Barbaros; Çatak, Güven

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29904-4_9

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“…In fact, some research shows that it has a great impact on motivation [22]. This is especially because different gaming situations could satisfy different psychological needs, including power, achievement, information and relationship [23]. This means that elements of fun, enjoyment, control, autonomy and flow experiences should be relevant to the construction of intrinsic motivation.…”

Section: Motivation In Gamificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

SGI: A Framework for Increasing the Sustainability of Gamification Impact

AlMarshedi¹,

Wills²,

Wanick³

et al. 2015

IJI

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Section: Motivation In Gamificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

SGI: A Framework for Increasing the Sustainability of Gamification Impact

AlMarshedi¹,

Wills²,

Wanick³

et al. 2015

IJI

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“…Game Modding: The majority of prior work on game modding focused on the cultural, social and economical aspects of modding. For example, several studies focused on the types of mods that exist and the motivations of developers and players for modding and using mods [10,24,31,48,57]. In addition, several studies investigated the relation and mutual benefits between a game and its mod developers [4,17,26,43,56].…”

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Building the perfect game – an empirical study of game modifications

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Prior work has shown that gamer loyalty is important for the sales of a developer's future games. Therefore, it is important for game developers to increase the longevity of their games. However, game developers cannot always meet the growing and changing needs of the gaming community, due to the often already overloaded schedules of developers. So-called modders can potentially assist game developers with addressing gamers' needs. Modders are enthusiasts who provide modifications or completely new content for a game. By supporting modders, game developers can meet the rapidly growing and varying needs of their gamer base. Modders have the potential to play a role in extending the life expectancy of a game, thereby saving game developers time and money, and leading to a better overall gaming experience for their gamer base.In this paper, we empirically study the metadata of 9,521 mods that were extracted from the Nexus Mods distribution platform. The Nexus Mods distribution platform is one of the largest mod distribution platforms for PC games at the time of our study. The goal of our paper is to provide useful insights about mods on the Nexus Mods distribution platform from a quantitative perspective, and to provide researchers a solid foundation to further explore game mods. To better understand the potential of mods to extend the longevity of a game we study their characteristics, and we study their release schedules and post-release support (in terms of bug reports) as a proxy for the willingness of the modding community to contribute to a game. We find that

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“…Such concepts have been recently also applied to gaming practices (see Banks & Pott, 2010;Djaouti, Alvarez, & Jessel, 2010), considering a large array of phenomena such as users' customization of game options through the video game's interface; game conversions (which includes modification, or modding, of in-game characters, objects, play levels, games rules and play mechanics); the use of Machinima and particular forms of modding with artistic purposes; and custom gaming PCs and game console hacking (Scacchi, 2010). Bostan and Kaplancali (2010) recognize the innovation function of modding related to digital game industry, considering the activity of modifying video games as an example of a shift from participatory culture to participatory design. Sotamaa (2010a) underlines that the study of players as fans can contribute to the challenge of the idea that video games are antisocial and isolating, considering the motivation and the shared values of a particular community of modders.…”

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User-Generated Video Gaming

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2014

Games and Culture

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Digital technology users are growingly involved in what has been described as convergence culture or participatory cultures. In this context, a major role is played by user-generated content. This article focuses on the participatory practices related to Little Big Planet (LBP) 1, a PlayStation platform video game that encourages users to create and share their own gaming levels. Our theoretical framework refers both to convergence culture and to a specific perspective of game studies that focuses on the cultural and social dimensions that are to be found in gaming and modding practices. A total of 8,829 Italian PlayStation Network (PSN) users were surveyed regarding their gaming practices, their attitude toward digital technology, and their LBP usage experiences. The results show that familiarity with digital technology and a socially oriented attitude to digital technology are clearly related to ''active LBP engagement.'' Moreover, PSN users are more likely than other digital platforms users to create their own content.

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Explorations in Player Motivations: Gamer Profiles

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

SGI: A Framework for Increasing the Sustainability of Gamification Impact

SGI: A Framework for Increasing the Sustainability of Gamification Impact

Building the perfect game – an empirical study of game modifications

User-Generated Video Gaming

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