Wherever Hardware, There’ll be Games: The Evolution of Hardware and Shifting Industrial Leadership in the Gaming Industry
Paper in proceeding, 2005

The paper concerns the role of hardware in the evolution of the video game industry. The paper argues that it is necessary to understand the hardware side of the industry in several senses. Hardware has a key role with regard to innovation and industrial leadership. Fundamentally, the process can be understood as a function of Moore’s law. Because of the constantly evolving technological frontier, platform migration has become necessary. Industrial success has become dependent upon the ability to avoid technological lock-ins. Moreover, different gaming platforms has had a key role in the process of market widening. Innovatory platforms has opened up previously untouched customer segments. It is argued that today’s market situation seems to be ideal to the emergence of new innovatory industrial combinations.

Author

Jan Jörnmark

University of Gothenburg

Ann-Sofie Axelsson

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Technology and Society

Mirko Ernkvist

University of Gothenburg

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Subject Categories

Economic History

History of Technology

Business Administration

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10/8/2017