Video Game Consoles and Video Games Are Complementary Products: the Availability

question 42

Multiple Choice

Video game consoles and video games are complementary products: the availability of one increases the value of the other.In the past the suppliers of consoles were able to appropriate most of the profits generated by video game systems because:

• A)Video game consoles cost more to develop than video games.
• B)The consoles were more powerful determinant of the consumer experience than the games.
• C)The console suppliers controlled technology and distribution giving them more bargaining power than the suppliers of video games.
• D)The console makers-Nintendo,Sony and Microsoft-had bigger revenues and greater market capitalization than the suppliers of video games.

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Definitions:

Zone of Proximal Development

A concept in cognitive development theory referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.

Recognition Memory

The ability to identify a previously encountered stimulus.

Recall

The mental process of retrieval of information from the past.

Zone of Proximal Development

A concept in educational psychology referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.