Friday, 3 September 2010

Canada (again)

Japanese video game luminary Keiji Inafune, having previously talked about the death of the Japanese videogame industry, has now spoken about why Canada is becoming so important in video games. Aside from the government incentives to develop there (the lack of which in the UK Ed Balls so recently lamented), and Canada's proximity to the USA, Inafune also cited the Canadians' work ethic, saying that "compared to Americans, Canadians are a bit... more serious, if you like."

As I said when I wrote about Ed Balls' comments, my intention to move to Canada is as much personal as it is industrial (if not more so), but there seems cause to be optimistic.