Description
| Product ID: | 9781529223040 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Games in the Platform Economy |
| Subtitle: | Steam's Tangled Markets |
| Authors: | Author: Anne Mette Thorhauge |
| Page Count: | 156 |
| Subjects: | Communication studies, Communication studies, Popular culture, Media studies, E-commerce: business aspects, Information technology industries, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Popular culture, Media studies, E-commerce: business aspects, Information technology industries, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Digital lifestyle |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the evolution of digital platform economies through the lens of online gaming with a unique economic sociology perspective. Paying particular attention to Valve’s ‘Steam’ platform, the book examines the architecture of this online videogame marketplace and the way it enables new markets and economic transactions. |
| Imprint Name: | Bristol University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Bristol University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-29 |
