Value analysis of game assets in online games
Online gaming is a popular entertainment today. A person playing his favorite game, can not only spend time with pleasure, but also has the opportunity to earn money in it thanks to gaming assets. A game asset is a game value inside a certain game that a player can use for his personal purposes within a game, as well as to use it as an object of sale and purchase, receiving economic benefits from it. Up to this point in time, a practical problem for appraisers is that the game value as an asset is not studied. There are no adapted methods in assessment approaches that would take into account all the features of the new object. The purpose of the work: to analyze and systematize the main characteristics of gaming assets in online games and data sources concerning these characteristics for the purpose of applying the main approaches in assessing the value of assets in accordance with the evaluation standards. The article presents the quantitative and qualitative characteristics that must be taken into account while conducting the procedure of assessing the value of gaming assets in online games. The qualitative and quantitative characteristics of game assets are analyzed by the types of assets (account and character; weapon, equipment, outfit; external attributes; real estate) and genres of games (MMORPG, shooters, strategies, MOBA, simulators). The sources of information for the implementation of cost analysis are indicated.