• DocumentCode
    2200523
  • Title

    Why Do People Play Games? A Review of Studies on Adoption and Use

  • Author

    Hamari, Juho ; Keronen, Lauri ; Alha, Kati

  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    5-8 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    3559
  • Lastpage
    3568
  • Abstract
    This paper reviews empirical literature on adoption/acceptance, continued use as well loyalty in the context of games. The study reviews dependent variables, independent variables, coefficients between independent and dependent variables, used methodologies as well as types of games covered in the reviewed literature.
  • Keywords
    computer games; social aspects of automation; dependent variables; games; independent variables; Abstracts; Biological system modeling; Context; Entertainment industry; Games; Land mobile radio; Social network services; adoption; loyalty; meta-analysis; mobile game; online game; sng; social game; technology acceptance; use continuance; video game;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Sciences (HICSS), 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kauai, HI
  • ISSN
    1530-1605
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HICSS.2015.428
  • Filename
    7070243