Title :
An analysis of the Steam community network evolution
Author :
Becker, Roi ; Chernihov, Yifat ; Shavitt, Yuval ; Zilberman, Noa
Abstract :
The Steam community network is a large social network of players on the Steam gaming platform, with over 30 million users to date. In this paper we introduce an analysis of the Steam community network in 2011, looking at the characteristics of the users network and the connectivity graph. We next present the evolution of the network over time and show how the network has changed over the years. Last, we analyze the role of games and groups in the Steam community. This work is the first to analyze the Steam network, and to provide a large scale analysis of the characteristics of gaming platforms communities.
Keywords :
computer games; network theory (graphs); social networking (online); Steam community network; Steam gaming platform; connectivity graph; large scale analysis; social network; users network; Bridges; Communities; Facebook; Games; Gold; Internet;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical & Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of
Conference_Location :
Eilat
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4682-5
DOI :
10.1109/EEEI.2012.6377133
