Exploring software piracy as a factor of video game console adoption

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 547-563

  Goode, Sigi ^a   Kartas, Anasthasiou ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer games; Console; Piracy; Purchasing determinants

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CONSOLE; DISPOSABLE INCOME; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODIFIED SOFTWARE; PIRACY; ROLE OF SOFTWARE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; VIDEO GAME CONSOLES;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 84894562293     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.501154     Document Type: Article

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