Using hedonic results from a unique data set covering the U.S. home video game industry (1976-2003) the interaction between software provision and console price is analyzed. Increased software provision negatively effects console price. This is contrary to many empirical pricing studies in the...

This paper analyzes competition between multiple proprietary and incompatible hardware systems when indirect network effects are present and software is provided competitively by third party developers. A discrete choice demand structure is employed within a game theoretic setting to allow for a...