@article{Consalvo_Paul_2015, title={PAYING TO PLAY: THE EVOLVING STRUCTURE OF GAME PRICING AND INDUSTRY LEGITIMACY}, volume={5}, url={https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/8780}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: ’ArialMT’;">This paper explores how games are priced for sale – from free through hundreds or thousands of dollars – and argues that game price functions not just as a signal of a game’s value but also as a sign of a game’s legitimacy – or it’s lack- in the eyes of developers and the larger game industry. </span></p></div></div></div>}, journal={AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research}, author={Consalvo, Mia and Paul, Christopher}, year={2015}, month={Oct.} }