The document summarizes gaming industry statistics from Iceland and other countries. It provides data on the number of employees and companies in Iceland's gaming industry in 2008, with the largest companies being CCP and Betware. It also notes gaming industry growth plans to add over 100 new jobs in Iceland in the next year and a half. The gaming industry turnover in Iceland in 2009 was over 10 billion ISK, primarily from CCP and Betware. The document then provides brief summaries of gaming industry support and statistics from Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Finland, and France.

2. Companies and employees
Founded Employees In Iceland
Betware 1998 92 54
CCP 1997 400 220
Gogogic 2006 16 16
Mind Games 2009 2 2
On the Rocks 2002 43 10
Sauma
2004 18 5
Ymir mobile
2008 5 5
576 312

3. Gaming industry employees 2008

4. And we're hiring
120 to 180 jobs in
next 12-18 months
...again, mostly CCP and BetWare

5. Icelandic Gaming Industry Turnover 2009
ISK 10.000.000.000 *
*CCP 9, BetWare 1 and some change ...

6. ...ergo
It takes 10 years to
make millions

7. Recognition
• CCP - Global MMO leader with dozens of awards, world
record simultaneous players and growing
• Betware - Vaxtasproti 2008,Clients in Iceland, Denmark,
Sweden, Spain and Canada
• Gogogic Nordic Game Awards nomiat Symbol6
• On the Rocks - Legion of Amon No1 Most Anticipated by
AppGamer
• MindGames was one of the top 10 finalists in the innovit
2009 Gulleggið competition

8. State of play in the States
Computer and Video Game Industry Tops $22 Billion in 2008 29. Jan 2008 ESA
 U.S. computer and video game software sales grew six percent in 2007 to $9.5 billion –
more than tripling industry software sales since 1996. S
 Sixty-five percent of American households play computer or video games.
 The average game player is 35 years old and has been playing games for 13 years.
 The average age of the most frequent game purchaser is 40 years old.
 Forty percent of all game players are women. In fact, women over the age of 18
represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (33 percent) than
boys age 17 or younger (18 percent).
 In 2008, 26 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase
from nine percent in 1999.
 Thirty-six percent of heads of households play games on a wireless device, such as a
cell phone or PDA, up from 20 percent in 2002.

9. Quebec success story
• Game industry subsidies since Number of Employees
1996
• Professional game education
started 2000
• More than 500 titles created
• Generic R&D tax credits return
rate 20-35%.
• Montreal subsidises 30-37.5% of
games companies’ salaries for 5
years
• Income tax holidays for foreign
experts of 75% for 5 years.

10. Prince Edward Island
• Population: 140.000
• Gaming industry: 100+
• Aiming for 500 in 5 years
• 52.5% tax rebate
• Tax credits processed weekly

11. Finland
• Tekes offers grants for R&D, and industry exports. Tekes
also has demo funding for games.
• Finnvera (national financing company) offers non-games-
specific loan guarantees.
• The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK) has a
small demo fund for games.
• POEM (The Northern Film and Media Foundation) offers
non-game-specific funding for game projects.

12. Games industry in Finland

13. France
• National games production tax credit (CIJV) covers 20% of
most production costs on games that pass a cultural test.
• National Video Game Fund (FAJV) funds up to 35% of
game prototypes.
• R&D tax credits (CIR) rebate 5% of R&D expenditure
• Paris has the publicly funded £220m venture fund which
currently funds 8 games projects out of a total of 100
candidates.

14. Applicable game development funding

15. Based on
http://www.hermia.fi/neogames/

16. www.igi.is