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How much does the UK government spend on games?
The UK government has just released figures showing that the nine Regional Development Agencies have invested nearly £2 million pounds in the development of the games industry in England (and I mean England, the figures don’t cover Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland).
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RDA funding to the computer games industry |
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2007-2008 |
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| Advantage West Midlands |
£800,000 |
* | |
| East of England Development Agency |
£62,000 |
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| East Midlands Development Agency |
£164,000 |
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| London Development Agency |
£121,000 |
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| North West Development Agency |
£166,000 |
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| One North East |
£471,000 |
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| South East of England Development Agency |
– |
** | |
| South West of England RDA |
– |
** | |
| Yorkshire Forward |
£99,000 |
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£1,883,000 |
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| * AWM has provided £800,000 of support to develop the Serious Games sector | |||
| ** SEEDA and SWERDA don’t have specific game programmes, so could not provide data |
I’m intrigued to know where this £2 million is going, and whether it has been effective. If you’ve received some of the money, do let me know.
But more broadly, is £2 million enough? Do you think that the government should be investing directly into risky games companies at all – perhaps that should be left to the capitalist economy?
Please, tell me your thoughts in the comments. I’d really like to hear from you.
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