Sizing up the future for Australia's video game industry

John Banks; Stuart Cunningham

Sizing up the future for Australia's video game industry

John Banks
, Stuart Cunningham

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A recent “perfect storm” of factors combined to change the face of the Australian games industry. The strong Australian dollar through the global financial crisis gutted the industry of its pricing advantages. Of even greater structural consequence for the industry was the simultaneous explosion of apps-based mobile casual games play, based on the smartphone platform and then also the tablet...

Original language	English
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation Paperpress
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

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