New Zealand’s games industry grew 7% to $270.9 million in 2023.

The New Zealand games industry generated NZD $434.4 million ($270.9 million) in the financial year ended March 2023, representing a 7% growth year-over-year.
The report found that 44% of studios earn a significant portion of their income from the US, followed by Europe (34%), China (12%), Asia (9%), and Australia (6%).
PC was the most dominant platform in New Zealand, with 50 of the studios surveyed (54%) receiving revenue from PC games, followed by mobile with 31 studios (31%), VR (17%), and consoles (16%).
The 93 studios surveyed represented 1,106 employees by the New Zealand games industry, a slight increase of the 1,070 people working in the previous year.
Women represented 22% of developers in the New Zealand games industry, and Maori representation grew from 2% to 5% over the past year.
73% of studios develop their own IPs rather than being contracted by other developers, which the NZGDA attributed to the Dunedin-based Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) “which provides training and grants for games startups.”

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