Technological, content, and market convergence in the games industry

Games and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-224

  Ip, Barry ^a  

^a Swansea Metropolitan University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer games; Content convergence; Games market; Market convergence; Technological convergence; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749122483     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412008314128     Document Type: Article

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