The coronavirus lockdown and the popularity of streaming services like Twitch and Mixer, which have shone a spotlight on competitive gamers, have resulted in the exponential growth of the gaming industry. Now, 3D Aim Trainer has released a new study that examines the most gaming obsessed cities around the world.
To start, the cities that most love gaming are Montréal, New Delhi, San Francisco, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Tokyo, Sydney, Espoo (Finland) and Lisbon. Montréal may surprise some, but the city has a high proportion of jobs in the games industry thanks to Ubisoft, which has been based in the city since 1997. The city also hosts a number of gaming events and has a high density of game stores.
New Delhi, which doesn’t necessarily have a lot of major games industry events or games companies, has the highest density of games stores and the third-highest proportion of games industry job openings. Meanwhile, San Francisco, an obvious contender, has the largest number of games industry events and numerous gaming companies, though it has a low density of games stores and residents showed a lower proportion of online interest in video games.
Mexico City, on the other hand, was ranked last in terms of gaming obsession. Hosting hardly any major industry events or major games companies, the city has even registered an 11.4% decrease in online interest in gaming since the coronavirus lockdown. In that sense it didn’t differ much from other North American cities, none of which saw a significant increase in video game-related searches during the quarantine.
Ninety percent of the cities that registered a significant increase in video game-related searches during the lockdown are in Europe. Unsurprisingly, though, the United States hosts six of the biggest gaming event cities in the top 10. The other two are located in Canada and two in Europe.
If you’re looking for a job in the gaming industry, Montréal is once again your best bet with double the proportion opportunities of the next two contenders, Brighton and New Delhi. In terms of job availability, however, Montréal had five times the number of openings than that of its nearest rival, Los Angeles. Despite having 61 major gaming companies, Tokyo and Osaka didn’t even rank in the top ten.
Source: EuropeanGaming
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