Why do players buy in-game content? An empirical study on concrete purchase motivations
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- Authors
- Hamari, J., Alha, K., Järvelä, S., Kivikangas, J. M., Koivisto, J., & Paavilainen, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Turku (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Aalto University (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Hamari, Juho
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-03
- Volume
- 68
- Pages
- 538-546
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2564290053
- Cited by
- 279
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 49.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- trepo.tuni.fi
- Licence
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (TEKES) (40134/13, 40111/14, 40107/14)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- consumer motivation, free-to-play games, game design, in-game purchases, social interaction, competition
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