the industry association for digital media and wireless companies in B.C., estimates that the province has missed out on as many as 3,800 jobs because it does not offer as generous a tax credit for digital media companies as Ontario and Quebec.
"Since 2008, the cost of developing games has become much more important and companies are doing more due diligence about the cost of developing games in a particular location," Donaldson said. "As a result, some of the work that was being done here, has shifted to other locations."
He said another 1,400 jobs had been lost due to studio closures or downsizing.