{"id":34902,"date":"2016-12-04T21:42:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T21:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=34902"},"modified":"2016-12-04T21:42:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T21:42:51","slug":"in-depth-welsh-video-games-industry-continues-to-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/12\/04\/in-depth-welsh-video-games-industry-continues-to-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"In depth: Welsh videogames industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The UK was the sixth largest video game market in 2015 but what&#8217;s Wales&#8217; role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shooting and people being run over are familiar scenes from video games series: Grand Theft Auto. You may scorn but its fifth sequel was the most successful worldwide entertainment product of all time. In fact, for the first time ever, in 2014 video games outsold film or music in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Grand Theft Auto is not developed in the USA as you may expect, but rather in Edinburgh &#8211; one of the growing hubs of the UK gaming industry. However, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/ukie.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UKie<\/a>, a leading video games representative for the UK, both Scotland and Wales have about half as many games companies per person as England does.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/pie-chart-video-games.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35200\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/pie-chart-video-games-480x263.jpg\" alt=\"Percentage of \" width=\"480\" height=\"263\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35200\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/pie-chart-video-games-480x263.jpg\" alt=\"Percentage of \" width=\"480\" height=\"263\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Wales in particular, the picture looks bleaker. When video games company OysterWorld moved to Pontypridd in 2013 it was hailed by many Welsh Assembly Members as a cultural victory for Wales. However, by August this year they had already gone bankrupt after debts of over \u00a32 Million. This was despite the Welsh Government giving them grants worth \u00a31.4 Million. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relentless.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relentless Software<\/a> also shut down this August despite only opening a new studio in Pontypridd this March and being given \u00a3550,000 from the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are still many video games companies which recently set up in Wales. Why is this and what the does the future hold for the Welsh video games industry?<\/p>\n<p>Ian Thomas, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/talespinners.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Talespinners<\/a>, a video games company based in Cardiff, says the recent boom in the number of video games companies is because games development tools are increasingly free and the rise of mobile games has allowed publishing to become very easy. This is backed up by UKie findings, which show three quarters of companies that opened since 2010 target Apple platforms such as iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8216;Of those employed in the video games sector, Welsh employees represent 1%&#8217;<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of these new video games start-ups are micro businesses which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) defines as companies of less than 10\u00a0people. This represents much of the Welsh video games industry, which is an emerging hub.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ian says this is a particular problem for Cardiff as, \u201cThere is lots of people all trying to find their niche and Cardiff\u2019s still trying to find its identity.\u201d He predicts once a couple of these video games companies have a hit South Wales will be put on the industry map.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Wales lags substantially behind England in the video games industry. Of those employed in the video games sector, Welsh employees represent 1%, compared to London and the South East of England\u2019s combined 63%. No Welsh towns or cities feature in the UK\u2019s top 10 places for the most amount of video games companies, either.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35205\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 442px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/welsh-assembly-4802.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35205\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/welsh-assembly-4802-442x312.jpg\" alt=\"A view from outside the welsh Assembly\" width=\"442\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35205\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/welsh-assembly-4802-442x312.jpg\" alt=\"A view from outside the welsh Assembly\" width=\"442\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> A view from outside the welsh Assembly<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>UK Government to blame?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Despite the video games industry bringing in \u00a31.4 billion for the UK economy, the UK government has largely failed to introduce policy to help Welsh video games companies to succeed. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.pollen.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pollen Insights<\/a>, \u201cBetween 2008 and 2011, employment in the [UK games industry] fell by over 10% and investment by \u00a348 Million.\u201d It was not till 2014 that the UK government finally established the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/corporation-tax-creative-industry-tax-reliefs#video-games-tax-relief-vgtr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Games Tax Relief<\/a> (VGTR).<\/p>\n<p>For a video game to gain VGTR status is not easy either. To qualify you must pass the \u2018cultural test.\u2019 In order to do this the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/film-industry\/british-certification-tax-relief\/cultural-test-video-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Film Institute<\/a> must have administered a qualification to you \u2013 which they do based on requirements such as featuring stories and characters set in the UK or EU. UKie found that as of July 2016, \u201cOf the 515\u00a0games that have applied for tax relief certification to date, only 180 have been granted final certification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How UK Government <\/strong><strong>prioritises<br \/>\n<\/strong>So if the UK government has failed to support video games companies then why have so many started up recently? UKie statistics reveal 68% of the UK\u2019s existing video games companies were founded after 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government decides what sectors need more support based on statistics it gets from the ONS Business Register. However, a report published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/?gclid=CjwKEAiAmo_CBRC9qbGQssjqi28SJABYTgZxDM133miUwkzpY1e30bFJQTreydWr_ym9uz29yOE1dhoCGcDw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nesta<\/a>, a charity promoting innovation in the UK found that, \u201cOnly one third of UK\u00a0games businesses are identified as on the ONS Business Register.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critically though, even if all UK developers wanted to opt into this voluntary register they wouldn\u2019t be able to as micro-businesses are not included. This is despite the same Nesta report finding, \u201c95% of UK video games companies are micro or small businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8216;We could turn Wales\u00a0into a new Canada&#8230; the video games capital of the world&#8217;<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mixed message for Wales<br \/>\n<\/strong>UKie CEO, Dr Jo Twist says, \u201cMore support from government is needed to help us promote the UK overseas and make sure we fully activate the tax relief.\u201d Gavin Powell, the Managing Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/deceptive-games.com\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deceptive Games Ltd<\/a>, agrees video games companies, \u201cMay find it\u00a0hard to survive in the coming years without more help from the\u00a0government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a more optimistic note, Ian Thomas explains that if the UK or Welsh Government introduce a seed funding system so small teams can get to a prototype stage then the industry could flourish. Gavin says, \u201cWith foresight we could turn Wales\u00a0into a new Canada, who are seen as the video games capital of the world.\u201d If these things are done, then perhaps Wales could share in the wider success of the UK video games industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more gaming news<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/the-rise-and-rise-of-esports-in-the-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The rise and rise of eSports in the UK<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/kongs-retro-gaming-with-a-pint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kongs: retro gaming with a pint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK was the sixth largest\u00a0video game market in 2015 but what&#8217;s Wales&#8217; role?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":34930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,207],"tags":[1703,5816,5817,3470,211],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-34902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","category-no-logo-home","tag-government","tag-ukie","tag-vgtr","tag-video-games","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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