Covid-19’s Impact on the Gaming Industry and Countermeasures

Zhanming Guo; Haoyu Wang; Changhe Xie

doi:10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.121

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Covid-19’s Impact on the Gaming Industry and Countermeasures

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Zhanming Guo¹^{, *}^{, †}, Haoyu Wang²^{, †}, Changhe Xie³^{, †}

¹Art and Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, USA

²School of Social Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, 92618, USA

³Social Science/Business, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, 92612, USA

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These authors contributed equally

^*Corresponding author. Email: guo.1724@osu.edu

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Zhanming Guo

Available Online 29 April 2022.

DOI: 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.121 How to use a DOI?
Keywords: COVID-19; Game industry; Nintendo
Abstract: The game industry has considerably impacted the 2019 new crown epidemic. In this environment, the increase in the number of players makes the game market more competitive. Ensuring the company’s development and profitability under the fierce competition and the epidemic’s impact is a problem that every game company needs to face. This study studies the issues and effects of the aims game industry in COVID-19 and why game companies respond to the epidemic and continued growth. The research shows those game companies face the problem of fresh ideas to make games and game-related equipment. However, this problem has become more severe under the envelope of the epidemic. However, a Japanese game company, Nintendo, has even attracted more new users through new games and unique game equipment to make stable profits. Nintendo’s success in the epidemic shows that game companies can target players in the outbreak with outstanding products and continue to achieve profitability and development.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
Series: Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date: 29 April 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6239-572-5
ISSN: 2352-5428
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