What ’ Wrong With the Mighty Lord ? : Empirical Study on the Decline of Lineage
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The purpose of this article is to take empirical tests for presumed causes of Linege 2 ’s declining trend. Using time usage data of Lineage 2(L2), Kart Riders(Kart) and World of Worldcraft(WoW) collected from PC-bangs, we take statistical tests on the rivalry hypothesis among games. Results show that there is no consistent evidence that L2 ’s falling down is caused by the success of Kart or WoW. Instead, it is clearly identified that the trend of RMT had a respectable impacts on L2 in comparison to L1. All the test result implies that ingame factors such as RMT played a more decisive role in L2 ’s decline than external factors like tougher competition. Keyword: Lineage 2, World of Warcaraft, Kart Rider, VAR(Vector autoregression), Granger causality, Impulse response function, Real-money trading * It’s review version. See next page for the use of this article.
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