Videogames-as-a-service: converting freemium- to paying-users through pop-up advertisement value
Purpose: Though the videogame literature is thriving, little remains known regarding the effectiveness of pop-up ads that appear in videogames. Addressing this gap, this study, therefore, aims to explore pop-up ads as an important tool to prompt gamer-perceived advertisement value and their subseque...
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my.utp.eprints.294772022-03-25T02:07:29Z Videogames-as-a-service: converting freemium- to paying-users through pop-up advertisement value Hussain, A. Abbasi, A. Hollebeek, L.D. Schultz, C.D. Ting, D.H. Wilson, B. Purpose: Though the videogame literature is thriving, little remains known regarding the effectiveness of pop-up ads that appear in videogames. Addressing this gap, this study, therefore, aims to explore pop-up ads as an important tool to prompt gamer-perceived advertisement value and their subsequent intent to install the advertised videogame. Design/methodology/approach: To frame the analyses, the authors adopt and extend Ducoffe�s advertising value model by incorporating the visual/audio aesthetic videogame components that are largely overlooked in prior research. Using a self-administered survey, data were collected from 321 online gamers. The authors tested the model by using partial-least-squares-based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: The results indicate that pop-up ad-related incentives, entertainment, credibility, personalization, audio aesthetics and irritation significantly affect user-perceived ad value. In turn, perceived ad value was found to affect players� intent to install the advertised videogame. Research limitations/implications: Though the findings corroborate the importance of pop-up ads being perceived as informative and/or entertaining, they also emphasize the value of personalized ads, ad-related incentives and audio aesthetic, which impact gamers� intent to install the advertised videogame. Practical implications: This study advances managerial understanding of videogame-based services, which is expected to be particularly useful for freemium-based videogame marketers and developers. Originality/value: By extending Ducoffe�s model of advertising value, the authors apply the proposed framework in the online videogaming-based pop-up ad context, and explore the effect of user-perceived pop-up ad value on their intent to install the advertised videogame. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited. Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. 2021 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111828250&doi=10.1108%2fJSM-05-2020-0164&partnerID=40&md5=6fcb526712ad8a497cc5a79cd9cb8808 Hussain, A. and Abbasi, A. and Hollebeek, L.D. and Schultz, C.D. and Ting, D.H. and Wilson, B. (2021) Videogames-as-a-service: converting freemium- to paying-users through pop-up advertisement value. Journal of Services Marketing . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/29477/ |
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Purpose: Though the videogame literature is thriving, little remains known regarding the effectiveness of pop-up ads that appear in videogames. Addressing this gap, this study, therefore, aims to explore pop-up ads as an important tool to prompt gamer-perceived advertisement value and their subsequent intent to install the advertised videogame. Design/methodology/approach: To frame the analyses, the authors adopt and extend Ducoffe�s advertising value model by incorporating the visual/audio aesthetic videogame components that are largely overlooked in prior research. Using a self-administered survey, data were collected from 321 online gamers. The authors tested the model by using partial-least-squares-based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: The results indicate that pop-up ad-related incentives, entertainment, credibility, personalization, audio aesthetics and irritation significantly affect user-perceived ad value. In turn, perceived ad value was found to affect players� intent to install the advertised videogame. Research limitations/implications: Though the findings corroborate the importance of pop-up ads being perceived as informative and/or entertaining, they also emphasize the value of personalized ads, ad-related incentives and audio aesthetic, which impact gamers� intent to install the advertised videogame. Practical implications: This study advances managerial understanding of videogame-based services, which is expected to be particularly useful for freemium-based videogame marketers and developers. Originality/value: By extending Ducoffe�s model of advertising value, the authors apply the proposed framework in the online videogaming-based pop-up ad context, and explore the effect of user-perceived pop-up ad value on their intent to install the advertised videogame. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited. |
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