1.
Game on!
The flourishing gaming industry in Finland

2.
The Finnish gaming industry
welcomes new members!
Motivation: Nordic gaming hotspot
Potential: Gaming leads the global
entertainment business. Bigger than
music or movies.
Milestones so far Digital gaming
entrepreneurs and companies are
innovation leaders. They are changing
the way the business is developed and
run.
When: As soon as you can get here!

3.
Leading-edge cluster:
The Finnish game industry
 50% ecosystem growth year-on-year
 Number of game developers tripled between 2002 and 2011
 Investments into game companies exceeded 130 M€ (Q1/2013)
 39% of Finnish game studios develop for smartphones and tablets
 55–60% of revenue comes from North America
 Pioneering companies have exceptional organizational and
commercial models
Consumer spending
on gaming
software grows at double-digit
rates 2013-2018 (Gartner)
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4.
Total value of the
Finnish Game industry 270 M€ in 2011
12.4.20114
Game industry
core, 165 M€
Investments, 50
M€
M&A, 30 M€
Merchandise &
licencing, 25 M€
Source: NeoGames

5.
Growth of turnover in the Finnish
Game Industry Core, M€
87
105
165
250
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
2009
2010
2011
2012
12.4.20115
Source: NeoGames

6.
Finnish start-ups are catching VC interest
 Finnish start-up companies
received EUR 134 million in
investments during January
through March 2013
 Finnish companies generated
more investments than German
ones during Q1 and were only
surpassed by British and French
businesses
12.4.20116

7.
New models for developing and running
the gaming industry
Virtual economies & currencies
12.4.20117
Digital marketing & distribution
New organizational models

8.
Something old, something new
from Finland
12.4.20118
Alan Wake – Time magazine’s Game of the
Year 2010
Angry Birds -Top paid
app by 2014
Clash of Clans - Top earning iPad
game in 77 countries

9.
The Finnish gaming industry
"For a country with a population about the size of
Minnesota, Finland has produced some giant global
hits in the mobile business, like Nokia and Rovio, the
company responsible for Angry Birds and Bad
Piggies."
Nick Wingfield. New York Times,
Bits Blogs / Oct. 2012

10.
For more information:
Neo Games – Hub of Finnish Gaming Industry
Invest in Finland / mobile cluster
Manse Games
International Game Developers Association / Finnish Chapter

11.
Entry to the East
Creative solutions
Stable Society Competent professionals

12.
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companies
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