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Coonan's office: games can't get film/TV rebate because it isn't film/TV
Posted by Seamus Byrne at 8:46 AM on October 18, 2007
A Kotaku Australia reader shares the government's response to their query on the recent rejection of tax incentives for local games developers. It's almost funny to read that (a) the 'Screen Production Incentive Scheme' doesn't include a major creative industry that produces content for screens, and that (b) reasoning in the response for the rejection is partly explained as being because games aren't film or TV... but if game developers produce some game content for use *in* film or TV, they could be eligible. Am I taking crazy pills or is this some wacky circular logic here??
Now we're in election mode, it might be a good time for the GDAA to hit up Labor and press them for a commitment to extend the scheme to include game devs. [The Rebate Issue: A Letter from the Gov'ner]
Comments
Reckless
Posted October 18, 2007 9:17 AM
What? Have these people seen any games recently? Most of them have higher production values and much better storys than the crud that Hollywood churns out (Ghostrider springs to mind, which I believe was filmed in this big brown country).
Big budget games these days are basically interactive movies that are played on a TV.
Go figure
Funky J
Posted October 18, 2007 9:56 AM
The main issue is the the Liberal party and it's mouthpieces in the media such as Andrew Bolt despise arts welfare, because they see it as a waste of tax payers money.
Of course, Government Advertising is a massive waste of tax payers money, but you won't read about that in Bolt's latest column...
Tim
Posted November 15, 2007 11:26 AM
The Greens are supporting the Games industry on this one.