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Video game exporters on track for $1bn revenue in 2025

Dan Brunskill
Fri, 07 Feb 2020

The burgeoning Kiwi video game industry has doubled its revenue in the last two years, but said it needs government support to become a billion-dollar exporter. An independent survey of 39 interactive media companies showed Kiwi game developers earned $203.4 million dollars during the 2019 financial year, a notable jump from $143 million earned the year prior and double the $99.9 million in 2017. The research was funded by the New Zealand Game Developers Association. The results affirm growth projections that suggest gaming exports c...

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