{"62993":{"#nid":"62993","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bogost Discusses Microtransactions of Social Games","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn\nan article on Gamespot.com, Digital Media Professor Ian Bogost discusses how game developers will never make a profit from social game players in microtransactions, which\nleads to the industry mimicking an uncomfortable business model.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\nare certain industries in which the majority of revenues come from the minority\nof the customers,\u0022 Bogost said. \u0022Without citing numbers, it is\ngenerally incredibly sinful, morally questionable industries that are like\nthis: alcohol sales, gambling, and tobacco. And we might want to ask ourselves\nwhat we think about that. When you have a game that does not have a spending\ncap and the vast majority of revenue is coming from a minority of players, 10\npercent of players generating 90 percent of revenues, how do we feel about\nthat? It\u0027s not a simple question, but it is something I think can\u0027t simply be\nbrushed under the rug. We can\u0027t say, \u0027Well players will do what they want, and\nit\u0027s none of my business how they spend their free time.\u0027 A lot of game developers\ntake that position. I think that\u0027s unfortunate.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis\narticle appeared on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGamespot.com \u003C\/em\u003E\u2013 November 24, 2010\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn\nan article on Gamespot.com, Digital Media Professor Ian Bogost discusses\n how game developers will never make a profit from social game players \nin microtransactions, which\nleads to the industry mimicking an uncomfortable business model.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2010-11-30 14:38:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:50","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/news\/6284524.html?om_act=convert\u0026om_clk=newstop\u0026tag=newstop%3Btitle%3B2","title":"Read full article"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11368","name":"Gamespot"},{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}