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UK Video Game Tax Cuts Sabotaged?

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-wonder-if-it-rhymes-with-shmactivision dept.

ninjacheeseburger writes "Develop recently published an article claiming that the UK government was put under pressure by one of the biggest game companies in the world to cancel planned tax breaks for video game developers. This company had apparently viewed game tax relief as a measure that would have given the UK an unfair advantage over other nations."

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  1. Re:And the other half of the story... by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Increasing the VAT will barely raise revenues if it does at all; it will mostly just lead to less consumer spending.

    So you've calculated the price elasticity of demand for every product in the economy and combined them into a weighted average?

    If you did that in your head I'll be really impressed.

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  2. Re:Doesn't say who the game company is by Verunks · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, it was probably Activision/Blizzard, they're bigger than EA now, and Bobby Kotick, the CEO, is a big bully.

    it's all steve jobs fault http://kotaku.com/5559201/a-delightful-chat-with-the-most-hated-man-in-video-games

  3. UK Weather is a BONUS for IT by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember, the zero percent chance of sunshine is a bonus to nerds who prefer damp dank dark basements to ply their neferious trade.

    Putting a game company on Hawaii is a surefire way to not get any talent what so ever. Proof? Name a single game company from a lush tropical paradise.

    Nope, instead they are from the coldest frozen wasteland in the world: Canada. Nothing like sub-zero temperatures and a complete absence of sunlight for half of the year to drive a coder to his warm PC and start cranking out software.

    Open a development shop on the north-pole and you will get the best MMORPG ever produced in six months time.

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    You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.

    1. Re:UK Weather is a BONUS for IT by jimicus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Remember, the zero percent chance of sunshine is a bonus to nerds who prefer damp dank dark basements to ply their neferious trade.

      They might be a bit disappointed to discover that very few UK houses have basements then.

  4. Re:We did give them a tax cut! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They move here for the footba... never mind.