Michigan's film incentives offer enticements to more than moviemakers -- they include identical rebates for video game development studios. That could profit Michigan more.
"It's a huge opportunity for the state," said Tony Wenson, COO of the Michigan Film Office. "It is what will, I think, create more of an impact in the long term than film credits will."
Among the reasons is that video game studios operate differently from film production companies. They're permanent businesses. They hire full-time people who work in offices, buy houses and send their children to school where they live, he explained.
http://blog.mlive.com/manzero/2009/02/michiganbased_stardock_systems.html
Michigan-based software publisher Stardock Systems plans $900k investment, expansion
Stardock Sytems, a PC software publisher whose games made several best-of lists in 2008, will expand it's headquarters in Plymouth, Mich., adding a second game studio, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who trumpeted the news Tuesday in her State of the State address.
Michigan's aggressive film incentive package also applies to the gaming industry, making it one of only two states to offer enticements to the rapidly-growing industry.
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I just came by these two articles, as a Michigander (or Michiganian if you prefer), I thought they were interesting.
