Randy Nichols

The Video Game Business

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781844573189
• ISBN-10: 1844573184
• Artikelnr.: 33671555

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.