Forfás
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Forfás was the Irish government's national advisory body on enterprise, trade, science, technology and innovation policy. It published research and strategy reports, including an action plan for the Irish games sector.
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Report110 pages
The Games Sector in Ireland: An Action Plan for Growth
Forfás's action plan for Ireland's games sector argues that the industry is growing rapidly and that Ireland can become a global games hub for the 21st century, but only if policy is deliberately redesigned to capture the opportunity.
- Global games revenues are forecast to grow from US$59.3bn in 2011 to US$82.4bn by 2015, with online (14.9% CAGR) and mobile (11.0% CAGR) segments overtaking packaged console games.
- Ireland's core games employment has grown fivefold since 2004 to just over 2,000 people in 2011, with a target of 4,500 by 2014.
- Foreign-owned firms account for roughly 90% of Ireland's games jobs, concentrated in customer support, localisation, and game servicing, while indigenous firms are mostly micro-firms focused on development.
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