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ABSTRACT 2
THE GLOBAL VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY 2
INNOVATION IN THE GLOBAL VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY 6
BUSINESS MODELS IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY 16
CORE JOBS IN TODAY'S VIDEO GAME HUBS 19
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND ENGINEERING 20
THE FUTURE OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY 24
METHODOLOGICAL NOTES 26
Table 1. Top five video game companies by gaming revenue 6
Figure 1. Video game development teams have grown larger 3
Figure 2. Video game production has grown more complex and requires more specialized know-how 4
Figure 3. North America, Europe and Asia are top locations for video game firms 4
Figure 4. Innovation in video game technologies has grown rapidly 8
Figure 5. Video game platform market shares have changed greatly over time 11
Figure 6. The rate of entrepreneurship is high in the video game industry 16
Figure 7. Global trademark filings related to video games have grown 18
Figure 8. Video game-related trademarks are increasingly filed for uses outside of video games 19
Figure 9. Video game industry roles a highly varied 19
Figure 10. Video game know-how is related across platforms. For video game contributors between 1950 and 2017 who switch platforms, flows represent... 20