Innovation and Marketing in the Video Game Industry

Avoiding the Performance Trap
Neuauflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-566-09167-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Innovation has played a major role in the long term success of the video game industry, as software developers and hardware engineers attempt to design products that meet the needs of ever widening segments of the population. Innovation and Marketing in the Video Game Industry identifies patterns that will help engineers, developers, and marketing executives to formulate better innovation strategies and successfully bring new products to market.

The book shows how some video game companies have used radical innovations to attract new customers, including parents and senior citizens and how video games have come to be used in a variety of socially beneficial ways. The authors compare product features, marketing strategies, and the supply chain to help better understand this valuable industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wesley, David

Barczak, Gloria

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Shigeru Miyamoto and the Art of Donkey Kong

2. Nintendo’s Dark Age

3. PlayStation Dreams

4. Xbox Empire

5. The Brain Age

6. Rings of Death

7. The PlayStation 3

8. Blu-Rays and Netflix

9. The Wii Revolution

10. Game Development and the Rise of Casual Games

11. Guitar Hero Nation

10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

David Wesley is a Research Manager at Northeastern University's College of Business Administration in Boston.

Gloria Barczak is Professor and Chair of the marketing department at Northeastern University and former director of the Executive MBA program.