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Digital Games Industries:
Developments, Impact and Direction

19^th-20^th September 2003
ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition
University of Manchester,
Manchester,
England.

One of the major distinguishing features of modern capitalism is its restlessness. New activities emerge from within to compete with older, more established, rivals displacing them in the process or succumbing to competitive pressures themselves. But as these new activities become embedded in economic systems and old ones disappear there are profound effects on the structure of economies, as well as on production, consumption, demand, technology and employment. The digital gaming industry is one of the more important recent examples of this phenomenon of creative destruction. The study of this industry allows us to gain new insights about innovation, the creation of new consumption and economic activities, the growth of business opportunities and the development of the market in terms of demand and consumption as well as supply.

Against the backdrop of the highly competitive economic environment of gaming platforms, software and new game-enabled consumer technologies, the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC) will be hosting a two day workshop on the socio-economics of digital gaming. The workshop aims to bring together international delegates from academic, policy and commercial circles for an in-depth discussion on nature and characteristics of this emerging sector: the 'drivers', key 'players', the 'current state of play', and the impact of the industry on the modern economy and the framework of its evolution.

This events builds upon CRIC's internationally successful conference Playing with the Future which took place during April 2002.

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Digital Games Industries: Developments, Impact and Direction

Digital Games Industries:
Developments, Impact and Direction