Virtual worlds in competitive contexts: Analyzing eSports consumer needs

Weiß, Thomas; Schiele, Sabrina

doi:10.1007/s12525-013-0127-5

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“…From another theoretical perspective, Weiss and Schiele (2013) surveyed 360 esport players and demonstrated which competitive and hedonic need gratifications drive continuous use of esports according to uses and gratifications theory (Katz et al 1973). The study found that esports can offer services that fulfill players' needs, confirming previous studies focused on the global gaming motivations of online games and competitive offline games (Mäyrä 2008;Phillips et al 1995;Sherry et al 2006;Yee 2006aYee , 2006b).…”

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The Psychology of Esports: A Systematic Literature Review

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Recently, the skill involved in playing and mastering video games has led to the professionalization of the activity in the form of 'esports' (electronic sports). The aim of the present paper was to review the main topics of psychological interest about esports and then to examine the similarities of esports to professional and problem gambling. As a result of a systematic literature search, eight studies were identified that had investigated three topics: (1) the process of becoming an esport player, (2) the characteristics of esport players such as mental skills and motivations, and (3) the motivations of esport spectators. These findings draw attention to the new research field of professional video game playing and provides some preliminary insight into the psychology of esports players. The paper also examines the similarities between esport players and professional gamblers (and more specifically poker players). It is suggested that future research should focus on esport players' psychological vulnerability because some studies have begun to investigate the difference between problematic and professional gambling and this might provide insights into whether the playing of esports could also be potentially problematic for some players.

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“…This variation in content type affords an interesting angle of research, and can be compared to various types of programming produced for other broadcast media such as television. Few studies have yet aimed to approach this topic quantifiably, thus far the literature on video game streaming has focused mainly on communities (Hamilton, Garretson, & Kerne, 2014), technical aspects (Kaytoue, Silva, Cerf, Meira, & Raïssi, 2012) and competitive eSports Weiss & Schiele, 2013). Thus, the primary research question of this study is:…”

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Content structure is king: An empirical study on gratifications, game genres and content type on Twitch

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While video games have been widely investigated from the perspective of play, an emerging online media phenomenon is the spectating of video game play, captivating millions of users daily. This study investigates the relationship of video game genres, content type and viewer gratification in the context of live gaming. To study this phenomenon, we employ an online questionnaire study (N=1097) to investigate six categories of gratifications: affective, information seeking, learning to play, personal integrative, social integrative & tension release motivations and their relationship with game genres and stream types. The results of this study demonstrate that "the medium is the message", highlight the importance of archetypal structure (i.e. the type of streamed content) over content topic (i.e. the genre of games being streamed), and help to build a better understanding of user generated content and the democratization of media.

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“…Our audience survey shows that data and statistics are central to the viewing experience, and audiences have a clear appetite for more data-driven content, such as is presented by Echo. Through co-designing Echo with leading industry partners, and conducting a large-scale observation of how it was used in one of the world's largest esports tournaments -we generated a range of detailed insights that extend existing research on consumer motives in esports and traditional sports [34,37,42,72,66,75]. We provide observational evidence confirming that data-driven content can indeed be an effective tool to make the gameplay more transparent to viewers [34], to cater for the audience's desire for skill building [42], as well as to enable audiences to more effectively follow the performance of the athletes [75].…”

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“…A series of prior work focuses on understanding viewer needs and consumer practices [34,42,72,66], finding a variety of motivations for why people watch esports, including escapism, novelty and acquiring knowledge about the games being played. The latter motivation is particularly relevant for this paper, and translates into clear practical implications that make the case for data-driven content production esports.…”

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Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

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Esports -video games played competitively that are broadcast to large audiences -are a rapidly growing new form of mainstream entertainment. Esports borrow from traditional TV, but are a qualitatively different genre, due to the high flexibility of content capture and availability of detailed gameplay data. Indeed, in esports, there is access to both real-time and historical data about any action taken in the virtual world. This aspect motivates the research presented here, the question asked being: can the information buried deep in such data, unavailable to the human eye, be unlocked and used to improve the live broadcast compilations of the events? In this paper, we present a largescale case study of a production tool called Echo, which we developed in close collaboration with leading industry stakeholders. Echo uses live and historic match data to detect extraordinary player performances in the popular esport Dota 2, and dynamically translates interesting data points into audience-facing graphics. Echo was deployed at one of the largest yearly Dota 2 tournaments, which was watched by 25 million people. An analysis of 40 hours of video, over 46,000 live chat messages, and feedback of 98 audience members showed that Echo measurably affected the range and quality of storytelling, increased audience engagement, and invoked rich emotional response among viewers.

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Virtual worlds in competitive contexts: Analyzing eSports consumer needs

Cited by 107 publications

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The Psychology of Esports: A Systematic Literature Review

The Psychology of Esports: A Systematic Literature Review

Content structure is king: An empirical study on gratifications, game genres and content type on Twitch

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