• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2012

지난 40년간 비디오 게임 산업은 비약적인 발전을 이루었다. 이에 본 연구는 산업조직론을 이론적 분석틀로 이용하여 미국 비디오 게임 산업의 진화를 살펴보았다. 분석 결과 미국 비디오 게임 산업의 시장 구조 및 시장 행위의 역사적 변화를 확인할 수 있었으며, 특히 미국 비디오 게임 산업의 시장구조의 변화와 시장행위의 변화간에 밀접한 연관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 비디오 게임 산업에 대한 경제학적 분석을 실시하는 후속 연구에 기초가 될 것으로 여겨진다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.173-192
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• 2009

As video games gain popularity and become a normal part of home entertainment, concern about youth access to inappropriate games continues to grow. Some people have claimed that violent video games influence children's aggressive behavior and that violent video games have some responsibility for violence in the school. In response to people's concerns, the video game industry created a video game rating system in 1995 to help parents decide which video games are appropriate for their children. This study investigated whether parents were aware of the video game rating system and how often they have used it when selecting video games for their children. This study attempted to find relationships among parents' attitudes toward video games, their guidance styles for their children's video game play, and their use of the video game rating system. This study found that most parents have used the video game ratings very frequently when they select video games for their children. But many parents still don't understand the video game rating system. This study showed that parents who had more negative attitudes or less positive attitudes toward video games were more likely to impose restrictions on their children's video game play and to use the video game rating system as a means to restrict their children's access to violent video games.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.203-224
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• 2017

오늘날 비약적인 IT산업의 발달과 문화산업의 성장으로 게임 산업이 중요한 산업으로 자리 잡고 있다. 특히 비디오 게임기 분야는 다양한 발전과 기술개발로 시장을 형성해 오고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 기술혁신 관점에서 기술특성에 따라 비디오게임의 세대구분을 하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 ATARI, Nintendo, SONY, SEGA, MicroSoft의 제품을 사례연구 대상으로 선정하였다. ATARI 출시부터 2017년까지 출시된 비디오 게임기를 연구대상으로 조사하였고, 기술동향분석을 통하여 세대구분을 하였다. 세대별 특징으로는 1세대는 Nintendo에 의한 시장선점으로 인한 충성고객의 확보, 2세대는 기존의 카트리지 방식이 아닌 광학 디스크를 사용한 SONY의 기술적 기능과 성능의 우수성, 3세대는 SONY와 Nintendo의 획기적인 기기요소와 기능들을 추가하였으며, 가격전략 및 전반적인 높은 스펙이 주요 특징으로 나타났다. 4세대는 SONY와 MicroSoft의 높은 성능과 네트워크를 이용한 정책이 주요 특징으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 비디오 게임기 산업의 기술 전략 수립에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.814-823
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• 2004

Current video games and game room games are played as a single player mode on the basis of various emulators. With the evolution of data communications and game technology, a new trend in the game industry has made the primary interests of game developers and companies in the game industry be moved toward a multiplayer mode from the traditional single player mode. In this paper, we represent how to implement a network game platform by allowing network modules to be run in conjunction with the current video emulator games. It also suggests a synchronization scheme for real-time game playout and practical mechanism that can support network games to be played with the Peer-to-Peer process using a lobby system.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2017

최근 들어 한국의 영상산업은 급속히 발전해왔으며 성장속도와 추세가 가장 강한 산업으로 부상 되고 있다. 한국영상산업의 성장은 정치, 경제에도 유리하게 촉진한다. 중국이 지리적으로 한국과 가까운 나라로서 한국의 영상산업의 급성장을 보고 많은 소중한 경험을 배울 수 있을 것이라고 생각한다. 이 논문은 한국의 영상산업 급성장의 원인에 대한 분석을 통하여 중국의 영상산업에 대해 살펴보고 중국의 영상산업 발전에 유용한 의견과 제안을 연구해 보았다.

• 만화애니메이션 연구
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• 통권13호
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• pp.223-236
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 강력한 하드웨어 게임콘솔을 타깃으로 제작되는 넥스트 제너레이션 게임의 탄생배경과 의미, 그 새로운 개념의 등장으로 인해 현 게임인더스트리에 요구되어지는 제작구조의 변화를 슈터게임을 중심으로 분석했으며, 이 전의 슈터게임 애니메이션 파이프라인과 구별되는 넥스트 제너레이션 게임 애니메이션의 필요성과 그 제작과정을 정리하였다. 더불어 최근 북미 게임 인더스트리에서 시도되고 있는 기술적 도전들을 살펴봄으로써 넥스트 제너레이션 게임의 새로운 가능성과 과제들을 연구하는 것이 본 논문에 목적이다.

• 복식
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• 제63권7호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2013

The globalization of the world, fueled by the Internet, made possible for individuals to access the cultures around the world, other than their own, easier than ever before. But among those rapidly sought out sub-cultures, the video gaming industry, once a niche market mostly for nerds and geeks, now has become one of the biggest entertainment businesses in the world. In a video game, one of the critical elements that could determine its success or failure is the characters featured in the game. And as the countless number of animated characters from many different video games from the past few years have become incredibly popular among the audiences around the world, the expectations from the fans also grow higher every time a new game comes out. Ultimately this has forced the video game developers to come up with more unique and interesting characters for their video games. And at this point, where a video game character is more than just fictional fantasy but a brand to be recognized, it is worth paying proper attention to the video game characters that represent Korea. Hence in this study, we will take a look at Han Ju-Ri, a Korean character featured in Super Street Fighter IV, a competitive fighting game developed by Capcom, one of the world's most recognized video game companies that started its life as an arcade video game, developer but eventually ventured its business into the online world. The study will propose a complete overhaul of the character by incorporating Korea's own traditional looks.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.684-705
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• 2022

A new trend has been emerging in recent years, with video game live streaming becoming a meeting ground for gamers, as well as a marketing strategy for game developers. In line with this trend, the emergence of the "Let's Play" culture has significantly changed the manner in which people enjoyed video games. In order to academically explore this new experience, this study seeks to answer the following research questions: (1) Does engaging in video game streaming offer the same feeling as playing the game? (2) If so, what are the factors that affect the feeling of telepresence from viewers' perspective? and (3) How does the feeling of telepresence affect viewers' learning experience of the streamed game? We generated and empirically tested a comprehensive research model based on the telepresence and consumer learning theories. The research findings revealed that the authenticity and pleasantness of the streamer and the interaction of viewers positively affect telepresence, which in turn is positively associated with the gained knowledge and a positive attitude toward the streamed game. Based on the research findings, various practical implications are discussed for game developers as well as platform providers.

• 지능정보통신
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2016

What will the gaming industry look like in the future? Where is it heading? Most producers, developers, and gamers have been pondering such questions since the very beginning of video games. This paper asserts that the current trend in video games to emphasize rationalization will, in time, bring about an extreme polarization within the game industry. Each year the barriers to entry are becoming lower and the size of the game market is growing, which will bring about an emphasis on who has the power to be recognized in the industry. This paper argues that such trends will, in turn, lead to a power play in which the winner will always be the player with the most monetary power. In time, this prolonged power play is expected to bring about what this discussion refers to as a dystopian model within the game industry.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.375-388
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• 2008

The early studies on the cultural industries had mainly emphasized the viewpoint of "efficiency" based on the "flexible specialization" theory, but they have gradually shed light on the viewpoint of "creativity": creative human resources and various networks generating creative energies. Despite the importance of these studies, it is impossible to explain every cultural industrial agglomeration phenomena from specific and few viewpoints due to the diversity of each cultural industry. This study describes the dissimilarity of agglomeration factors between the Japanese animation and home video game industries which form salient agglomeration in the same region. Both industries share similar characteristics with industrial agglomeration of SMEs in Tokyo and close inter-firm relationships. However, they differ in their historical development paths and each firm's behavior and strategy because of their own distribution systems and production processes. In particular, the difference in distribution systems clearly affects whether a company values "efficiency" factors of agglomeration advantage or "creativity" factors of that in case of locational choice. The distribution sector of the cultural industry, compared with the production sector, has a tendency to value profitability rather than creation itself. Therefore, a cultural industry with the strong distribution sector tends to form the industrial system emphasizing profitability. The Japanese animation firm is apt to choose its location from the perspective of efficiency, which easily contributes to profitability, because television broadcasting stations are strong distribution sector. Conversely, the Japanese game firm chooses its location from the perspective of creativity due to the absence of strong distribution sector.