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Social uses of currencies in video games
[Usos sociales de las monedas en los videojuegos]

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  • Renaud Garcia-Bardidia

    (CREGO - Centre de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UB - Université de Bourgogne - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE], INSPÉ Bourgogne - Institut supérieur du professorat et de l'éducation de Bourgogne - Académie de Dijon - UB - Université de Bourgogne)

  • Caterina Trizzulla

    (CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

  • Sarah Maire

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Video game currencies, one of the many existing digital currencies, are already at the core of many players' and companies' practices. As they are central to the economic models of this sector, it is important to further our understanding of their social uses and the relationship they introduce between video games and money. In this article we analyse these questions, due to the competitive online practices of the FIFA Ultimate Team type. Our results, based on thirty interviews and participant observations, shed light on the differentiated uses of FIFA points and credits in this game, and their participation in structuring differentiated styles responding to the threefold imperative of efficiency, ethics and ludic pleasure. The results suggest a joint socialization of money and games that is more far-reaching than the financialization of daily life.

Suggested Citation

  • Renaud Garcia-Bardidia & Caterina Trizzulla & Sarah Maire, 2023. "Social uses of currencies in video games [Usos sociales de las monedas en los videojuegos]," Post-Print hal-04133791, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04133791
    DOI: 10.3917/res.238.0213
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