Comments on: Those pesky Canadians http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/02/those-pesky-canadians/ A veteran's view on marketing games Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:53:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Richard D. http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/02/those-pesky-canadians/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Richard D. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:00:53 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/02/those-pesky-canadians/#comment-1459 The British Government needs to do its homework. None of these helps in Canada are under Federal Jurisdiction, but provincial. Gaming companies and their employees pay much more in taxes than these programs cost. The UK Market is not doing as well as in the past, because the lot of publishers faced some difficulties. Canada is a developers' country. Therefore, since gaming is doing well, at least for developers, the local companies have boomed. Your example with France, is not a good one. Companies like Ubisoft stopped developing in France because of labor conditions that do not suit the Gaming Industry: 8 weeks of vacation a year, 35 hour week, no overtime, unions..... People relocated to Canada because the games we make sell well, are produced on schedule and are of premium quality. The British Government needs to do its homework. None of these helps in Canada are under Federal Jurisdiction, but provincial. Gaming companies and their employees pay much more in taxes than these programs cost.

The UK Market is not doing as well as in the past, because the lot of publishers faced some difficulties. Canada is a developers’ country. Therefore, since gaming is doing well, at least for developers, the local companies have boomed.

Your example with France, is not a good one. Companies like Ubisoft stopped developing in France because of labor conditions that do not suit the Gaming Industry: 8 weeks of vacation a year, 35 hour week, no overtime, unions…..

People relocated to Canada because the games we make sell well, are produced on schedule and are of premium quality.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/02/those-pesky-canadians/comment-page-1/#comment-1443 anonymous Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:29:36 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/02/those-pesky-canadians/#comment-1443 Doesn't Ireland also have deep subsidies? Doesn’t Ireland also have deep subsidies?

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