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Player Types: A Meta-synthesis

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Hamari, Juho, Tuunanen, Janne·2014·Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association
DOI 10.26503/todigra.v1i2.13
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This paper investigates different ways in which players have been typified in past research literature in order to distinguish relevant typologies for further research as well as for designing and marketing of games. The goal is to synthesize the results of various studies and to find the prevailing concepts, compare them, and draw implications to further studies. The research process for this study proceeded from a literature search, to author-centric (Webster & Watson 2002) identification and categorization of previous works based on the established larger factors such as demographic, psychographic and behavioral variables. The previous works on player typologies were further analyzed using concept-centric approach and synthesized according to common and repeating factors in the previous studies. The results indicate that player types in previous literature can be synthesized into seven primary dimensions: Intensity, Achievement, Exploration, Sociability, Domination, Immersion and In-game demographics.

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  1. Hamari, J. "Perspectives from behavioral economics to analyzing game design patterns: loss aversion in social games." In Proceedings of the Social Games Workshop, CHI2011. Vancouver, Canada, May 7-12, 2011.
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Authors
Hamari, J., & Tuunanen, J.
Affiliations
  • Tampere University (FI)
  • Aalto University (FI)
ORCID
Hamari, Juho
Venue
Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association
Publisher
Digital Games Research Association
Published
2014-03-24
Volume
1
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 2328-9414 (ISSN-L)
  • 2328-9422
DOI
10.26503/todigra.v1i2.13
OpenAlex
W1849401977
Cited by
355
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 7
FWCI
77.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association (publishedVersion)
  • Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (publishedVersion)
  • Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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 › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
Keywords
player types, game design, game marketing, player behavior, player demographics, immersion, achievement motivation, exploration, sociability, domination

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