Games in the Platform Economy

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Games in the Platform Economy

Steam's Tangled Markets

Mette Thorhauge, Anne

Bristol University Press

09/2023

156

Dura

Inglês

9781529223040

15 a 20 dias

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1. Introduction: Steam's tangled markets


2. Platform configurations in gaming


3. Economic sociology and the analysis of platforms as markets


4. Valve corporation and the Steam platform


5. Steam's business model


6. Shaping market interactions on the Steam platform


7. Economic actors on the steam platform


8. Player trading beyond Steam


9. User monetisation and value creation in tangled markets
Platform economy; Digital business models; Online gaming; Platform-mediated markets; Digital infrastructures; Economic sociology; Sociology of markets