How does player motivation express in actual game play? A cross-cultural quantitative case study of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
(2022) PSYP01 20221Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Previous studies have proven that player motivation is tightly intertwined with players' self-reported game-related behaviors, but how does player motivation express in actual game play? In addition, does cultural background matter? The current study selected Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a popular tactical third person shooting action role-playing game, as the research target, investigating (1) the relationships between player motivation (i.e., Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Emotional Presence) and real in-game behaviors; (2) how cultural background affects both player motivation and in-game behaviors. The participants who are active players of The Division 2 with diverse cultural backgrounds completed a survey measuring their... (More)
- Previous studies have proven that player motivation is tightly intertwined with players' self-reported game-related behaviors, but how does player motivation express in actual game play? In addition, does cultural background matter? The current study selected Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a popular tactical third person shooting action role-playing game, as the research target, investigating (1) the relationships between player motivation (i.e., Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Emotional Presence) and real in-game behaviors; (2) how cultural background affects both player motivation and in-game behaviors. The participants who are active players of The Division 2 with diverse cultural backgrounds completed a survey measuring their motivations to play initially, then by tracking their user ids, their in-game behaviors covering playtime, completion, progression, and in-game purchase were extracted from the official game databases. The results indicate that each factor of player motivation was a significant predictor of corresponding in-game behaviors; besides, Chinese players were found more emotionally immersed in the game and level up faster than both American and European players. (Less)
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- author
- Luo, Yadan LU
- supervisor
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- Mats Dahl LU
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- The Division 2, Player motivation, In-game behaviors, Cross-culture
- language
- English
- id
- 9090576
- date added to LUP
- 2022-07-01 11:55:10
- date last changed
- 2022-07-01 11:55:10
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abstract = {{Previous studies have proven that player motivation is tightly intertwined with players' self-reported game-related behaviors, but how does player motivation express in actual game play? In addition, does cultural background matter? The current study selected Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a popular tactical third person shooting action role-playing game, as the research target, investigating (1) the relationships between player motivation (i.e., Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Emotional Presence) and real in-game behaviors; (2) how cultural background affects both player motivation and in-game behaviors. The participants who are active players of The Division 2 with diverse cultural backgrounds completed a survey measuring their motivations to play initially, then by tracking their user ids, their in-game behaviors covering playtime, completion, progression, and in-game purchase were extracted from the official game databases. The results indicate that each factor of player motivation was a significant predictor of corresponding in-game behaviors; besides, Chinese players were found more emotionally immersed in the game and level up faster than both American and European players.}},
author = {{Luo, Yadan}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{How does player motivation express in actual game play? A cross-cultural quantitative case study of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2}},
year = {{2022}},
}