LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited January 2010
"in the face of foreign government-subsidized competition"
Really? Who, where? Also, if a production company is bad enough that they can't get any traction with gamers, is government support really going to make a difference? (You'll have to excuse my ignorance. I keep up with gaming only enough to understand the technology.)
Also, if a production company is bad enough that they can't get any traction with gamers, is government support really going to make a difference? (You'll have to excuse my ignorance. I keep up with gaming only enough to understand the technology.)
I think something to understand is that most European countries have a different tradition of government support of the arts, than we do in the US. For example in many European countries, one can be paid by the government to be an artist. painters, authors, filmmakers, etc. all get government subsidies just for being artists. The commonwealth countries even have government funded TV and radio networks with very little oversight (the BBC, ABC, and CBC in UK, Australia, and Canada respectively).
However, being a game designer has never been considered an "art form", so has never been subsidized like the other artistic disciplines.
TIGA is seeking to change that, and it seems, so far, like the UK govt. is listening. If they win there, they will have good precedent to expand that ruling onto the continent.
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Really? Who, where? Also, if a production company is bad enough that they can't get any traction with gamers, is government support really going to make a difference? (You'll have to excuse my ignorance. I keep up with gaming only enough to understand the technology.)
I think something to understand is that most European countries have a different tradition of government support of the arts, than we do in the US. For example in many European countries, one can be paid by the government to be an artist. painters, authors, filmmakers, etc. all get government subsidies just for being artists. The commonwealth countries even have government funded TV and radio networks with very little oversight (the BBC, ABC, and CBC in UK, Australia, and Canada respectively).
However, being a game designer has never been considered an "art form", so has never been subsidized like the other artistic disciplines.
TIGA is seeking to change that, and it seems, so far, like the UK govt. is listening. If they win there, they will have good precedent to expand that ruling onto the continent.