Mobile Otome Games : Desire and Suspense as Economic Strategy

Sellier Hélène

doi:10.34382/00014542

Mobile Otome Games : Desire and Suspense as Economic Strategy

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Sellier Hélène
Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Travail Organisation Pouvoir (CERTOP) ; Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J) ; Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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説明

With the increasing legislations on gacha games, the issue of monetisation of free-to-play games is often addressed considering how game mechanics trick the player using microtransactions. However, some narrative games use a similar economic system linked with the structure of their story. The study of four otome games created by Japanese studios will focus on two narrative strategies: the character gacha, which relies on the player’s desire for a character, and the progress gate, which relies on narrative tension. The paper concludes that those devices are not so much a way to coerce players into spending money than an additional possibility for them to enjoy the narrative.

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