Game Analytics: Maximizing the Value of Player Data

by Magy Seif El-Nasr (Editor), Anders Drachen (Editor), Alessandro Canossa (Editor)

This is the first book to explore game analytics, the process of discovering and communicating patterns in data to evaluate and drive action, improve performance and solve problems. Applies analytics to processes and performance throughout the game lifecycle.

Genres: Game Design, Games, Nonfiction

815 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2013

Reviews

[Igor Tkachenko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to read. Messy. Stretched.
But it is still four starts because it is a good introduction in the computer game industry.

But very little about data analytics. There is almost nothing valuable in relation to data analytics at all.

[Muhammad Yakan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a pretty new field in analytics, some of the chapters based on interviews with experts and research papers. How to monetize game apps is one of my favorite contents. I also had a chance to have an online lecture with Prof. Magy; she is an inspiring researcher.

[Jeno · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to admit, I skipped lots of content here.
Some of it unreadable, some of it pretty useful but again, the editor has done a poor job trying to level up chunks written by people of different skillset and experience.
Not recommended.

800 pages is a pumped volume of basic stuff everyone knows about.
Yes, there are pieces of interesting things on a 'conception' level but the rest - it felt like an undergrad level with accidental leaks of smart words like Hadoop or heatmaps.
And the price, what currency is it?

I am glad I have got a used one.