Competition Makes Persistence? Investigating Antecedents Of Mobile Gamer’s Continuous Play Intention

This study investigates how the competition factor affects the continue play intention in mobile games, with considering perceived enjoyment, switching cost, perceived justice constructs and the modification of self-efficiency. About 500 game players will be surveyed to measure the effects of competition factor and its interaction with other constructs. The expected contribution includes the hints for game makers to design games with considering the perception of player’s competition, and make a balance between the perception competition and other factors such as enjoyment

Understanding the Mobile Gaming Context and Player Behaviour: A Review and a Research Agenda

The technological developments in mobile network and mobile computing underpin the dominance of mobile games in the global games market. Extant literature has enriched our understanding on the antecedents of playing mobile games, yet we still lack a comprehensive portrait of this unique gaming context that is distinguished from the context of traditional computer or console gaming. In response, we conduct a literature review to review research gaps on extant mobile gaming literature. Through a review of 181 works, we propose a framework based on the environmental psychology theory to guide future research to investigate the mobile gaming context. Drawing on this framework, we elaborate a research agenda that proposes potential research questions for future research to study the impacts of 1) mobile game design features and mobile application usability, 2) the use context more broadly, and 3) subjective individual differences, on mobile game player’s gaming experience, continued playing intention and in-game purchasing