The Little Engines That Could – Game Industry Platforms and the New Drivers of Digitalization

Juri Mattila, Timo Seppälä and Kaisa Salakka

No 101, ETLA Brief from The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Abstract: Abstract In a recent trend in digitalization, many platform incumbents have steered their focus towards creating collectively shared persistent virtual frameworks known as ‘metaverses’. Due to the emergence of digital platforms in the game industry over the last decade, the industry is now challenging the digital platform incumbents in metaverse development. Will the development unlock new data-driven markets, how will the landscape of digital platforms be reconfigured, and what are the strategic and policy implications for Finland and the European Union?

Keywords: Game Engine; Virtual Reality; Metaverse; Platform; Platform Business Group (PBG) Strategy; System of Systems; Digitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L82 O3 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2021-11-18
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