Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Steam's Tangled Markets
- 2 Platform Configurations in Gaming
- 3 Economic Sociology and the Analysis of Platforms as Markets
- 4 Valve Corporation and the Steam Platform
- 5 Steam's Business Model
- 6 Shaping Market Interactions on the Steam Platform
- 7 Economic Actors on the Steam Platform
- 8 Player Trading beyond Steam
- 9 User Monetization and Value Creation in Tangled Markets
- Notes
- References
- Index
List of Figures and Table
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Steam's Tangled Markets
- 2 Platform Configurations in Gaming
- 3 Economic Sociology and the Analysis of Platforms as Markets
- 4 Valve Corporation and the Steam Platform
- 5 Steam's Business Model
- 6 Shaping Market Interactions on the Steam Platform
- 7 Economic Actors on the Steam Platform
- 8 Player Trading beyond Steam
- 9 User Monetization and Value Creation in Tangled Markets
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Games in the Platform EconomySteam's Tangled Markets, pp. viPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2023