The Video Game Business

Randy Nichols (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2014
BFI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84457-317-2 (ISBN)

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A dominant international cultural force, the video game industry is diverse and increasingly influential. In this illuminating study, Randy Nichols examines the origins, history, and current characteristics of the industry - including case studies of it's major players and analysis of it's culture, production processes and ties to other industries.

Randy Nichols is Assistant Professor of English and Media Studies at Bentley University, USA.

Acknowledgments.- Introduction: Video Games as a Global Phenomenon.- 1 An Industrial History of Video Games.- CASE STUDY: Atari.- CASE STUDY: Nintendo.- CASE STUDY: Sega.- 2 Market Structure, Audiences and Software Production.- CASE STUDY: Electronic Arts.- CASE STUDY: Activision-Blizzard.- 3 Video Game Hardware, Distribution and Retail.- CASE STUDY: Microsoft .- CASE STUDY: Sony.- 4 Video Games and Other Related Industries.- 5 Labour and Production in the Global Video Game Industry.- CASE STUDY: Electronic Arts, Rockstar and Labour.- CASE STUDY: Hollywood Unions, Video Games and Labour.- Conclusion: Making Sense of the Global Video Game Industry.- Bibliography.- Index.

Reihe/Serie	International Screen Industries
Zusatzinfo	63 b/w tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	412 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-84457-317-6 / 1844573176
ISBN-13	978-1-84457-317-2 / 9781844573172
Zustand	Neuware