Digital Asia

#bcm320 #blogpost4 #week7

Antique said

“In the communication
layer, value is extracted through the sale of hardware, software subscriptions, data packs and other forms of access rents. In the distribution
layer, value is extracted through content subscriptions, pay-per-view
offerings, user-generated content and the bulk of the world’s advertising revenues.”

This reflects on my chosen topic I talked about in blog post 3 which was the gaming industry in Asia and now I will expand on this reflecting on the income it makes using the Antique chapter provided and the topic of Platforms as Transactional Systems. The quote above reflects on how subscriptions of popular platforms among Asia has formed great value through the sale of hardware, software subscriptions and data packs, especially those you can get via steaming platforms and online gaming content. For example, Twitch has not only become ig in Australia, but in parts of the Asia-Pacific…