Understanding players’ achievement values from MMORPGs: an exploratory study

Lin, Chwen-Yea; Hung, Wei-Hsi; Fang, Kwoting; Tu, Chien-Chung

doi:10.1108/intr-12-2013-0268

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“…In terms of game genres, in MMORPGs, the player selects an avatar that represents him or her and with whom he or she identifies (i.e., autonomy), accomplishes objectives through adventures (i.e., competence) and socializes with others (relatedness) [ 43 , 44 ]. In these games, participating in a team and competing are the best way to ensure progress in the game and therefore, despite MMORPGs and MOBAs being the games that are most associated with IGD [ 21 ], playing does not necessarily have negative consequences [ 45 ].…”

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Effect of the Frustration of Psychological Needs on Addictive Behaviors in Mobile Videogamers—The Mediating Role of Use Expectancies and Time Spent Gaming

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Cladellas

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Casual videogames (CVGs), played on smartphones, are becoming increasingly popular, especially among females and adults. Whereas the addictive potential of online (computer) videogames is well-established, there is yet insufficient evidence for Internet gaming disorder (IGD) in mobile gamers and for the mediating role of some mechanisms involved. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of the frustration of psychological needs on mobile videogamers’ addictive behavior as well as the role of cognitions (game-use expectancies) and behaviors (time spent playing) through a hypothesized serial mediation model, while controlling for important correlates, such as game genre, age, gender and payment during play. A total of 471 mobile game users (211 males) with an average age of 21.73 replied to an online survey containing sociodemographic and game variables, the Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS), the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS9-SF) and a slightly modified version of the Internet Use Expectancies Scale (IUES). The results corroborate the negative effects of need frustration on IGD among mobile gamers and clarify the role of time spent playing and game-use expectancies in the development of IGD, highlighting the important role of cognitions in this relationship. We conclude that both the time spent playing and game-use expectancies should be important targets for clinical interventions, even though they are not included in the diagnostic criteria.

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Effect of the Frustration of Psychological Needs on Addictive Behaviors in Mobile Videogamers—The Mediating Role of Use Expectancies and Time Spent Gaming

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Cladellas

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“…Van i Čou (Wan & Chiou, 2006) sugerišu da je motiv za postignućem karakterističan za visoko-posvećene igrače, dok oni koji ispoljavaju simptome poremećaja zavisnosti to čine kako bi umanjili svoje snažno nezadovoljstvo stvarnim životom. Uz to, istraživanja su pokazala i da, nakon zadovoljenja potrebe za dostignućem kroz igranje, samo visoko-posvećeni igrači (bez simptoma poremećaja) imaju tendenciju da dožive intrinzično ugodna osećanja koja podižu njihovo samopoštovanje, za razliku od onih sa prisustvom simptoma poremećaja (Lin, Hung, Fang, & Tu, 2015;Sublette & Mullan, 2012).…”

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Esport: Between internet gaming addiction and traditional sport

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Crvenko²

2020

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Despite the growing popularity of esport, few research can be found in the specific area of the competitive nature of playing video games. More precisely, the research is mostly still of a qualitative and exploratory character. Bearing in mind that esport has been systematically attracting players (and spectators) in Serbia for a decade, and so far there is no research in Serbian on this topic in the field of (sport) psychology, the aim of this paper is to provide a concise systematic overview of previous research, with reference to existing methodological limitations and relevant psychological variables. This would help to define more clearly the boundaries between esport players, traditional athletes, and problematic players.

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“…Therefore, players tend to develop positive attitude and satisfaction with their experience in a game, and thus the value of playing MMORPGs to them increases. Moreover, empirical research on social interactions in MMORPGs has demonstrated that in-game social interactions are an important element in promoting players' enjoyment (Cole and Griffiths, 2007;Jia et al, 2015;Lin et al, 2015) and continuance intention to play (Chang et al, 2014). Another study on MMORPGs reported a positive relationship between players' in-game social interactions and their intention to purchase virtual products ( Jin et al, 2017).…”

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Examining the effects of network externalities, density, and closure on in-game currency price in online games

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Purpose -Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) create quasi-real social systems in which players can interact with one another, and quasi-real economic systems where players can consume and trade in-game items with virtual currency. The in-game currency price, an important indicator of a virtual economy, is highly contingent on players' behavioral interaction in MMORPGs. The purpose of this paper is to adopt a network perspective to examine how topological characteristics of social networks in an MMORPG, namely, network externalities, density, and closure, would exert impacts on the in-game currency price. Design/methodology/approach -Players' behavioral data were collected from a popular MMORPG in China on a weekly basis for 52 weeks. With a time series analytical approach, the empirical model for the price function of in-game currency was estimated with vector autoregression. Findings -The results show that the number of core avatars and network density are positively associated with in-game currency price, while network closure has a negative effect on in-game currency price. However, in-game currency price is found to have no significant relationship with the trade volume of the currency. Originality/value -This study fills in an important research gap by investigating factors influencing the in-game currency price of MMORPGs from a network perspective, which contributes to the existing literature of network effects and advances our understanding about how players' interaction will influence the dynamics of a virtual economy. The findings could offer useful insights for online game companies to better understand their players' social interaction and consumption behavior.

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Understanding players’ achievement values from MMORPGs: an exploratory study

Cited by 41 publications

References 68 publications

Effect of the Frustration of Psychological Needs on Addictive Behaviors in Mobile Videogamers—The Mediating Role of Use Expectancies and Time Spent Gaming

Effect of the Frustration of Psychological Needs on Addictive Behaviors in Mobile Videogamers—The Mediating Role of Use Expectancies and Time Spent Gaming

Esport: Between internet gaming addiction and traditional sport

Examining the effects of network externalities, density, and closure on in-game currency price in online games

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