Video Game Playing Session
A Video Game Playing Session is a game playing session (of one or more video game players) that involves a video game.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be associated with a Video Game Play Start Event.
- It can (often) be associated with a Video Game Play Stop Event.
- It can range from being an Active Video Game Playing Session to being a Completed Video Game Playing Session.
- It can range from being a Console-based Video Gaming Session to being a Cloud-based Video Gaming Session.
- It can range from being a Single-Player Video Game Playing Session to being a Multi-Player Video Game Playing Session.
- It can (often) involve a Video Game Achievement Event (of a video game achievement).
- It can be associated with a Video Game Playing Metric, such as video game play session duration or video game playing sessions per day.
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- Example(s):
- Console-based Gaming Session, such as one that included Fortnite and Gran Turismo (on a PS4 on Satuday August 24th, 2019).
- Arcade Console Playing Session.
- Mobile Phone Game Playing Session.
- during a Video Game Competition.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Video Game Playing Experience, Video Game Industry, Entertainment Event.
References
2017
- (Aguiar et al., 2017) ⇒ Mark Aguiar, Mark Bils, Kerwin Kofi Charles, and Erik Hurst. (2017). “Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men.”
- QUOTE: ... Younger men, ages 21 to 30, exhibited a larger decline in work hours over the last fifteen years than older men or women. Since 2004, time-use data show that younger men distinctly shifted their leisure to video gaming and other recreational computer activities. ...
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game Retrieved:2017-3-14.
- A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial.
The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld computing devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, in which the video game components are housed in a large, typically coin-operated chassis, while common in the 1980s in video arcades, have gradually declined but still exist in use due to the widespread availability of affordable home video game consoles (e.g., PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Wii U) and video games on desktop and laptop computers and smartphones.
The input device used for games, the game controller, varies across platforms. Common controllers include gamepads, joysticks, mouse devices, keyboards, the touchscreens of mobile devices, and buttons. Players typically view the game on a video screen or television and there are often game sounds from loudspeakers. Some games in the 2000s include haptic, vibration-creating effects, force feedback peripherals and virtual reality headsets. In the 2010s, the video game industry is of increasing commercial importance, with growth driven particularly by the emerging Asian markets and mobile games, which are played on smartphones. As of 2015, video games generated sales of USD 74 billion annually worldwide, and were the third-largest segment in the U.S. entertainment market, behind broadcast and cable TV.
- A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial.