Comic Con Stockholm 2023 | Why Are There So Many GAME DEVELOPERS in Sweden?

Sweden is famous for many things - ABBA, IKEA and being full of depressed people. But there are also tons of games being developed in Sweden. I visited Comic Con Stockholm and decided to investigate why.

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This video asks the questions: have there really been all that many games developed in Sweden? And what games in that case? And, if that's the case, why are there so many game developers in Sweden?

At Comic Con Stockholm I got to interview indie game developers behind the games Vaudeville and Time and Time Again, as well as a streamer from Starbreeze. Along with that I had a look at amazing cosplay, Q&A sessions with famous actors, and a close look at all the pop culture that the convention had to offer. But my primary focus was on exploring the idea of what qualities Sweden may or may not have, that makes it attractive for creative businesses like game development.

Sweden isn't the biggest game developer nation in the world - not even if you count developers per capita - but it's steadily growing. The question is if a tiny country of just 10 million people can compete with big game developer nations like USA and Japan? There are several problems to overcome if that's to happen.

I guess that only time will tell...

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