Facets: 5 Motivation Factors for Why People Play MMORPG's

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      Revisiting Bartle
      Tying it Together
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More recent findings
on player motivations
are available here.

Facets: 5 Motivation Factors for Why People Play MMORPG's

This is the presentation of an online study that used empirical data to build a model of the different motivations of why people play MMORPG's.

More Recent Findings

Please note that more recent findings on player motivations are available here at The Daedalus Project.

Contact Information

All questions or comments should be directed to Nick Yee at contact@nickyee.com.

"Facets: 5 Motivation Factors for Why People Play MMORPG's"
by Nicholas Yee, 2002.
http://www.nickyee.com/facets/home.html

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