Kolkata: Government proposal in the UNI budget to form a special task force for game promotion along with animation, visual effects and comics (AVGC) has been praised by researchers, game developers and gamers in the city.
However, they say the clubing of gaming with other different fields can be avoided.
“Announcement, which was made by Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union 2022 budget on Tuesday, has two aspects.
The positive aspect is that gaming has created a government interest, which views it as a meaningful path for work.
But the government has combined it with various regions Different, “said game researchers and founding members of the Indian Article Digital Game Research Association, Souvik Mukherjee.
Satyajit Chakraborty, a game developer, said the announcement was “on the expected path.” “Games developed abroad eat a large portion of the revenue with the government.
The generation of income will be a big goal for the game company.” Aritro Bhattacharya, a diligent gamer, said, “The projection of 2025 is that India will be worth RS 3-5 billion gaming industry .
If the task force wants to expand the home business, it can adopt Australian model, where individual developers also accept government assistance.
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Union budget: Kolkata gamers see hope in the focus of the task force
