The Video Game Industry : Formation, Present State, and Future (Paperback)

Introduction Peter Zackariasson and Timothy L. Wilson

1. This is Not a Software Industry Casey O’Donnell

2. Video Games ? A Subcultural Industry Mikolaj Dymek

3. Marketing of Video Games Peter Zackariasson and Timothy L. Wilson

4. An Exploration of the Mobile Gaming Ecosystem from Developers’ Perspective Claudio Feijoo

5. The North American Game Industry Casey O’Donnell

6. The UK and Irish Game Industries Aphra Kerr

7. The Development of the Swedish Game Industry: A True Success Story? Ulf Sandqvist

8. Console Hardware: The Development of Nintendo Wii Mirko Ernkvist

9. "Warm and Stuffy": The Ecological Impact of Electronic Games Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller

10. Gamification as the Post-Modern Phalanstere - Is the Gamification Playing With Us or Are We Playing With Gamification? Flavio Escribano

11. The Evolving European Video Games Software Ecosystem Giuditta De Prato, Sven Lindmark and Jean-Paul Simon

12. Through the Looking Glass Sharply Timothy L. Wilson and Peter Zackariasson