Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps)
People of all ages enjoy playing games, making online gaming a part of the modern lifestyle. Online games as digital products can reach gamers without being hindered by various limitations such as time and location. With a large selection of freemium and premium games in the virtual marketplace, gam...
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| description | People of all ages enjoy playing games, making online gaming a part of the modern lifestyle. Online games as digital products can reach gamers without being hindered by various limitations such as time and location. With a large selection of freemium and premium games in the virtual marketplace, gamers have the opportunity to switch between various games from different genres and make purchases of virtual goods. Therefore, the challenge that developers have to overcome is whether gamers will have the intention to play, pay, and recruit players (3Ps). To manage future behavior intentions, game developers need to ensure that gamers and the games they play have a solid engagement. Data collection comes from the results of distributing questionnaires to Twitter users with the self-reporting method. The amount of data processed was 370 respondents. The model was assessed using the partial least square of structural equation modeling. The results of this study show that video game engagement plays a crucial role as a mediator between gamer experience and the intention to continue playing, purchase game items, and recruit new players. Enjoyment is the strongest predictor of gamer experience, followed by arousal, social interaction, escapism, and challenge. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6cbd4033d7094ac0913b21979c25b8a82025-02-03T06:45:09ZengWileyInternational Journal of Computer Games Technology1687-70552023-01-01202310.1155/2023/2648097Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps)null Laurence0Asep Hermawan1Innocentius Bernarto2Ferdi Antonio3Pelita Harapan UniversityTrisakti UniversityPelita Harapan UniversityPelita Harapan UniversityPeople of all ages enjoy playing games, making online gaming a part of the modern lifestyle. Online games as digital products can reach gamers without being hindered by various limitations such as time and location. With a large selection of freemium and premium games in the virtual marketplace, gamers have the opportunity to switch between various games from different genres and make purchases of virtual goods. Therefore, the challenge that developers have to overcome is whether gamers will have the intention to play, pay, and recruit players (3Ps). To manage future behavior intentions, game developers need to ensure that gamers and the games they play have a solid engagement. Data collection comes from the results of distributing questionnaires to Twitter users with the self-reporting method. The amount of data processed was 370 respondents. The model was assessed using the partial least square of structural equation modeling. The results of this study show that video game engagement plays a crucial role as a mediator between gamer experience and the intention to continue playing, purchase game items, and recruit new players. Enjoyment is the strongest predictor of gamer experience, followed by arousal, social interaction, escapism, and challenge.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/2648097 |
| spellingShingle | null Laurence Asep Hermawan Innocentius Bernarto Ferdi Antonio Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps) International Journal of Computer Games Technology |
| title | Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps) |
| title_full | Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps) |
| title_short | Video Game Engagement: A Passkey to the Intentions of Continue Playing, Purchasing Virtual Items, and Player Recruitment (3Ps) |
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