The Gaming Industry
www.bis.gov.uk.com says that, the UK video and computer games industry makes a valuable contribution to our economy. Games made in UK studios generate global sales of around £1.7 billion a year and contribute around £400 million per annum to GDP.
The UK sector: employs around 28,000 people including 9,000 in highly-skilled games development roles
Have around 200 games development studios, located in clusters spread around the UK – for example in Brighton, Dundee, Guildford, Leeds, Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester and Coventry/Leamington Spa.
in 2009 was estimated to be the 5th largest producer of games in the world (measured by revenue) behind the US, Japan and Canada (data source: GIC/Tiga) is a location of the European headquarters for many multinational games companies Has a great reputation for talent in video games creation. British-based games developers are responsible for many iconic, globally successful games – such as the Little Big Planet, Lego Star Wars, Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings and the Tomb Raider series
The UK also has one of the world’s largest markets for video games. In 2009 the total size of the UK market was £3.311billion. This included games hardware sales of £1.06 billion and software sales of some £1.621billion.
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