Long-term motivations to play MMOGs: A longitudinal study on motivations, experience and behavior

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 344-348

  Schultheiss, Daniel ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Browser games; Experience; Gameplay; Longitudinal research; MMOGs; Motivations; Online games; Usage

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BROWSER-GAMES; EXPERIENCE; GAMEPLAY; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH; MMOGS; ONLINE-GAMES; USAGE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 78049391046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. e-sport GmbH registered on 19th of July 2006 two million users in their browser-games. One million of these registered themselves in the period of past four months. That reflects a clear growth (see press release e-sport GmbH: http://www.e-sport.com 19.07.2006).
2. Same applies to other large browser-game publishers in Germany. (see press release RedMoon Studios: http://www.redmoonstudios.de/pmt/pmt-rms01-2006. pdf (1.8.2006) and Gameforge AG http://www.gameforge.de (last check: 28.02.2007).
3. Space Merchant Realms: http://www.smrealms.de (last check: 28.02.2007)
4. Palmgreen, Philip (1983): The uses and gratifications approach. A theoretical perspective. Lund: Univ. Sociol. Inst.
5. Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1977): Beyond boredom and anxiety. San Francisco Calif.: Jossey-Bass Publ.
6. Yee, Nicholas (2005): The Daedalus Project: A Model of Player Motivations. Online: http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001298.php (last Check: 27.02.2007).
7. Seifert, Robert; Will, Andreas (2006): Flow in Azeroth. Eine Analyse von Spielerfahrungen in MMO(RP)Gs am Beispiel von World of Warcraft. (diploma thesis).