One Big Store

This data set is from the One Big Store research project conducted by the App Studies Initiative researchers at the University of Toronto and Manchester Metropolitan University. Have the uneven global flows of capital in the cultural industries changed because of access to distribution platforms like the Apple iOS App Store? Based on a financial analysis of this data set containing three years of game app revenues (2015-2017), our research project asks two questions. First, were game developers and publishers able to generate revenue in their domestic markets in the App Store? Second, to what extent are game app developers from the Global South, historically at the periphery of the global game industry, able to capture value in the US, Canadian, and Dutch instances of the App Store? Our research project advances discussions on the political economy of platform-dependent cultural production by situating this case within broader conversations on cultural imperialism, demonstrating that local app store instances are part of “one big store;” a US-dominated and oriented space of distribution and consumption that effectively captures revenue in regional marketplaces. (2023-10-06)

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集包含2015-2017年苹果iOS App Store中游戏应用的收入数据，旨在分析全球文化产业的资本流动是否因数字发行平台而改变。研究关注游戏开发者在本土市场的创收能力，以及全球南方开发者在美国、加拿大和荷兰App Store中获取价值的情况，揭示了App Store作为一个美国主导的全球分销和消费空间的特性。