Computer Games Sector Profile
The UK computer games industry forms a major part of a global industry that is gaining in prominence and importance within many parts of the creative media industries.
2007 was a particularly successful year for the games industry. The UK has shared in this success, with three new console platforms established on the market, and huge blockbuster games such as Halo 3 which set new records after making £84m ($170m) in just one day (the largest sum ever made by an entertainment product).
But there is worrying evidence for the future of UK games production. The UK has slipped from the third to the fourth largest games producing country, with Canada moving to third place. This has led many commentators to note that despite the advantages of 'the most experienced development talent' in the world,the UK is not perceived as being a desirable place to make games, being seen to be too expensive.
Find out what can be done about this, as well as more about the market for games, the industry's workforce, its existing training provision and the skills gaps and shortages in Skillset's online Computer Games Sector Profile e–book.
Labour Market Intelligence Digest
Skillset's industry endorsed research programme provides authoritative Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) for the creative media industries throughout the UK.
This LMI informs how we allocate our funding and underpins the development of skills solutions as well as our strategies and Sector Profiles. The latest data available are summarised and published in a series of Sector LMI Digests - you can download the one for the Computer Games sector here:
Computer Games Labour Market Intelligence Digest (2009)
Or visit our Research section to see the Census and surveys on which the profiles are based.
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