2014年21世纪视频游戏报告.pdfVIP

VIDEO GAMES in the st the 21 CENTURY T H E 2 0 1 4 R E P O R T B Y S T E P H E N E . S I W E K www.theESA.com www.theESA.com E N T E R T A I N M E N T S O F T W A R E A S S O C I A T I O N Executive Summary Video Games in the 21st Century: The 2014 Report measures the economic contributions made by the U.S. entertainment software industry to the American economy during the period from 2009-2012. The 2014 report updates and expands upon earlier studies that quanti ed the economic bene ts provided by the entertainment software industry to the U.S. economy as a whole.1,2 The 2014 report concludes that: • The U.S. video game industry directly employs • In 2012, the average annual compensation more than 42,000 people in 36 states. per employee (wages, salaries and employer contributions for pensions, insurance, and • In 2012, these employees received total government social insurance) was $94,747. compensation of over $4 billion. • The U.S. video game industry’s value added to • The total U.S. employment, both direct and U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was over indirect, that depends on the video game $6.2 billion. industry now exceeds 146,000. • The real annual growth rate of the U.S. video • For the three-year period from 2009 through game industry was 9.7 percent for the period 2012, direct employment in the U.S. video from 2009-2012. Dur