The government should be celebrating the success of the British video games industry. With the British market valued at £4.2bn in 2016, making it the biggest market in the entire creative sector, the video games industry achieves the double whammy of being both lucrative and a shining light for other growth sectors.
The games industry is spread across the country, with over a dozen thriving clusters popping up in places like Bristol, Liverpool and Dundee. The success of the industry has drawn in the biggest names from gaming, with EA, Sony, Bethesda and Nintendo just some of the companies setting up shop in London. It’s companies also think globally, with British games selling brilliantly across the world.
However, the success story is being ignored government circles because of an uncomfortable truth: it’s dead set against Brexit.
In a survey carried out prior to the referendum, 80.6% of businesses came out in favour of remain compared to just 3.2% for leave. And in a new report commissioned by UKIE, which drew on survey responses and research conducted in nationwide roundtables (one of which I attended), the industry has revealed that it favours the softest exit possible.
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