Crowdfunding in the production of video games in Spain: Evolution and success on Kickstarter
This research addresses the use of crowdfunding platforms for the development of video games in Spain. It is part of the group of platform-centred research in order to develop a quantitative analysis of the data contained in them. Specifically, the data provided by Kickstarter for Spanish video game...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Granada (UGR) |
| Repositorio: | Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digibug.ugr.es:10481/85383 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10481/85383 https://dx.doi.org/10.15581/003.36.4.117-133 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Crowdfunding Video games Development Independent video games Game industry |
| Sumario: | This research addresses the use of crowdfunding platforms for the development of video games in Spain. It is part of the group of platform-centred research in order to develop a quantitative analysis of the data contained in them. Specifically, the data provided by Kickstarter for Spanish video game development projects is analysed. Normality tests indicated that the variables do not follow a normal distribution, hence non-parametric tests were used. The success rate of Spanish campaigns is 28.4% for the total number of cases, 40.8% in 2020, which is a steady growth since 2015. The average funding is €16,586.76, €50,056.67 for successful campaigns; however, the median indicates that 50% of the sample does not exceed €1,653 in funding. Regression models are used to develop equations to calculate the amount of funding needed to publish on PC and console, and the number of backers needed to achieve a given amount of funding. |
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