Klimmt Christoph, Schmid Hannah, Orthmann Julia
Department of Communication, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2009 Apr;12(2):231-4. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0128.
Browser games--mostly persistent game worlds that can be used without client software and monetary cost with a Web browser--belong to the understudied digital game types, although they attract large player communities and motivate sustained play. The present work reports findings from an online survey of 8,203 players of a German strategy browser game ("Travian"). Results suggest that multiplayer browser games are enjoyed primarily because of the social relationships involved in game play and the specific time and flexibility characteristics ("easy-in, easy-out"). Competition, in contrast, seems to be less important for browser gamers than for users of other game types. Findings are discussed in terms of video game enjoyment and game addiction.
网页游戏——大多是无需客户端软件且无需金钱成本、通过网络浏览器就能使用的持续性游戏世界——属于研究较少的数字游戏类型，尽管它们吸引了大量玩家群体并激发了持续游玩。本研究报告了一项针对德国策略网页游戏（“部落战争”）的8203名玩家的在线调查结果。结果表明，多人网页游戏受到玩家喜爱主要是因为游戏过程中涉及的社交关系以及特定的时间和灵活性特点（“轻松进入，轻松退出”）。相比之下，竞争对于网页游戏玩家似乎不如对其他游戏类型的用户那么重要。研究结果将从电子游戏乐趣和游戏成瘾的角度进行讨论。
