GAMER MOTIVATION PROFILE
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GAMER MOTIVATIONPROFILEMODEL & FINDINGS
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FACTOR ANALYSIS
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FACTOR ANALYSIS
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FACTOR ANALYSIS
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Story Excitement Social Compete Escapism Challenge Creation Achieve Curiosity Fantasy
Hilgard et al. (2013) � � � � � � � �
Rigby et al. (2006) � � � �
Bartle (1996) � � � �
Sherry et al. (2006) � � � � �
LeBlanc (2004) � � � � � � �
Steinkuehler (2005) � � � � �
Yee (2006) � � � � � � �
Caillois (1961) � � �
Griffiths (1991, 1993) � � � �
Myers (1990) � � � �
Jansz & Tanis (2007) � � � � �
Lee at al. (2012) � � � �
Lazarro (2004) � � � �
Malone et al. (1987) � � � � �
LITERATURE REVIEW
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SAMPLE NOTES
• 222,964 gamers (unique IP addresses)
• Gender: 81% Male / 18% Female / 1% Non-Binary
• Age: Median = 25, Range = 13-77
• Gamer Type: Casual 11% / Core 68% / Hardcore 21%
• Platform: PC 83% / Console 55% / Smartphone 35%
• Geographic distributiono US (100k), Canada (12k), United Kingdom (11k), Brazil (8.4k), Australia (7k),
Indonesia (6.2k), Italy (6.2k), Poland (5.9k), Denmark (5.3k), Philippines (4.5k),
Germany (3.7k), Sweden (3.6k), Singapore (3k), France (3k), Netherlands
(2.4k), Russia (2.1k), Malaysia (2k), Spain (2k), Chile (1.8k), Turkey (1.8k),
Norway (1.7k), Argentina (1.5k), Mexico (1.5k), Finland (1.3k), New Zealand
(1.2k), Portugal (1.1k), South Africa (1k) …
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GAMER MOTIVATION MODEL
Action“Boom!”
Social“Let’s Play Together”
Mastery“Let Me Think”
Achievement“I Want More”
Immersion“Once Upon a Time”
Creativity“What If?”
DestructionGuns. Explosives.
Chaos. Mayhem.
CompetitionDuels. Matches.
High on Ranking.
ChallengePractice. High
Difficulty. Challenges.
CompletionGet All Collectibles.
Complete All Missions.
FantasyBeing someone else,
somewhere else.
DesignExpression.
Customization.
ExcitementFast-Paced. Action.
Surprises. Thrills.
CommunityBeing on Team.
Chatting. Interacting.
StrategyThinking Ahead.
Making Decisions.
PowerPowerful Character.
Powerful Equipment.
StoryElaborate plots.
Interesting characters.
DiscoveryExplore. Tinker.
Experiment.
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STRUCTURE
At a high level, there are
3 motivation clusters.
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MOTIVATION MAP (NORTH AMERICA)
The 3 Clusters
1. Action-Social
2. Mastery-Achievement
3. Immersion-Creativity
Bridges
• Discovery is a bridge between
Immersion-Creativity and Mastery-
Achievement.
• Power is a bridge between Action-
Social and Mastery-Achievement.
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STABILITY
This motivation structure is
stable across all the regions
we have data for.
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WESTERN EUROPE
Countries (N=13,850)
• United Kingdom (6707)
• Germany (2296)
• France (1752)
• Netherlands (1544)
• Belgium (543)
• Ireland (465)
• Switzerland (257)
• Austria (247)
• Luxembourg (39)
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EASTERN EUROPE
Countries (N=6,069)
• Poland (2260)
• Russia (1757)
• Romania (470)
• Ukraine (310)
• Croatia (264)
• Czech Republic (260)
• Lithuania (137)
• Bulgaria (135)
• Hungary (125)
• Estonia (106)
• Slovakia (104)
• … etc.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Countries (N=14,366)
• Indonesia (6081)
• Philippines (3726)
• Singapore (2644)
• Malaysia (1876)
• Brunei (39)
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AUSTRALIA & NZ
Countries (N=6,260)
• Australia (5334)
• New Zealand (926)
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SOUTH AMERICA
Countries (N=7,558)
• Brazil (6181)
• Argentina (420)
• Uruguay (306)
• Chile (240)
• Venezuela (145)
• Colombia (128)
• Peru (84)
• Paraguay (48)
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PERSONALITY
Game motivations map to
personality traits.
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BIG FIVE PERSONALITY FACTORS
Openness to Experience Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism
Adventurous
Imaginative
�Down-To-Earth
Pragmatic
Disciplined
Organized
�Flexible
Spontaneous
Social
Energetic
�Reserved
Low-Key
Sympathetic
Compassionate
�Guarded
Objective
Anxious
Nervous
�Calm
Relaxed
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EXAMINING EXTRAVERSION
Extraversion
Social
Cheerful
Thrill-Seeking
Assertive
�Reserved
Low-Key
Quiet
Independent
Openness to Experience Conscientiousness
Adventurous
Imaginative
�Down-To-Earth
Pragmatic
Disciplined
Organized
�Flexible
Spontaneous
Agreeableness Neuroticism
Sympathetic
Compassionate
�Guarded
Objective
Anxious
Nervous
�Calm
Relaxed
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Mastery Achievement
Challenge Completion
Strategy Power
Action Social
Destruction Competition
Excitement Community
Immersion Creativity
Fantasy Design
Story Discovery
PERSONALITY -> GAMING MOTIVATIONS
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ALIGNMENT
Game motivations align with
personality traits.
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PERSONALITY CORRELATES
Motivation Personality
Destruction
Excitement E (.13)
Competition E (.15)
Community E (.20)
Motivation Personality
Challenge
Strategy C (.20)
Completion
Power
Motivation Personality
Fantasy O (.21)
Story O (.21)
Design O (.19)
Discovery O (.25)
Action-Social Strategy-Achievement Immersion-Discovery
• This means that people who score high on Extraversion also
score high on Action-Social.
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IDENTITY
�
� Video games help us pretend
to be something we’re not.
Video games help us to
become more of who we
really are.
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GENDER
Gender differences align with
stereotypes.
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PRIMARY MOTIVATION
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SPLIT BY GENDER
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BUT …
Gender differences are
dwarfed by age.
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ANOTHER LOOK AT GENDER
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ANOTHER LOOK AT GENDER
• Age explains twice the variance that gender does.
• 87% overlap in terms of gender.
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ANOTHER LOOK AT GENDER
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AGE TRENDS
Action-Social varies the most
dramatically with age.
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AGE CORRELATES
Motivation Age
Competition -.29
Excitement -.26
Challenge -.23
Community -.18
Motivation Age
Excitement -.25
Competition -.20
Story -.19
Male Female
• Competition drops the most with age.
• But among male players, the entire Action-Social cluster
declines with age.
• For women, Story also declines a great deal with age.
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GAME CODING
• Respondents asked to list their favorite gameso Up to 3
o Open-ended text fields
• Coded in Mechanical Turk in triplicateo And then we performed final cleaning of entries without majority vote
civilisation 5
civ 5
sid meier's civ 5
civalization 5
sid meiers civilization v
side meier's civilization v
Civilization V
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GAMER PROFILE -> GAME RECOMMENDATIONS
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1 GAMER -> 2 GAMERS
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EUROPA UNIVERSALIS -> GAMER PROFILE
• Gendero 98% Male / 2% Female
o Significantly more men than average
• Ageo Median: 26
o Right around average
• Popular Gameso Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings II,
Cities: Skylines, Alpha Centauri,
Civilization, Mount & Blade: Warband,
Rome: Total War, Master of Orion
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WorldDesigners
Core GamerAchievers
MobileCompletionists
Motto“I want a piece of a believablealternate world that I can customize and call my own.”
“I am focused on leveling up and collecting resources. I can be somewhat competitive.”
“I mostly play mobile games and enjoy the sense of completing goals and making progress.”
DemographicSketch
Almost entirely women in their mid 20s, with a high proportion of casual gamers.
A balanced mix of men and women in their late-20s, most of whom identify as core gamers
and a few as hardcore gamers.
Mostly women in their late 30s, with a high proportion of gamers who primarily play games on
smartphone/tablet.
Primary Motivations
Fantasy + Design Completion + Power Completion
31% 42% 27%
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We used social
network analysis to
find the predictors of
guild longevity in
World of Warcraft.
We used surveys and
factor analysis to
identify and quantify
the primary
motivations of gamers.
We used machine
learning methods to
infer a person’s age,
gender, and
personality from
their in-game
behavior.
At Ubisoft, we
developed new
methods for behavior
segmentation and
understanding the
player journey.