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This article is about the video game market, culture and video game industry in the Netherlands. The Netherlands' mainstream video games market, not taking into consideration the serious and casual games, is the sixth largest in Europe. The Dutch market takes up 3.95% of the entire European market in total sales and 4.19% in software sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.gamed.nl/view/39535 )〕 A significant part of the Netherlands' gaming industry is in serious games, in which Dutch companies make a significant part of the worldwide industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】GameSpy "> url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/872/872255p1.html )〕 In the Netherlands, an estimated of 3,000 people are working in the games industry, at more than 330 companies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://control-online.nl/gamesindustrie/2014/01/13/column-%E2%80%A2-aanmodderen-ronald-meeus-vlaams-journalist-over-nederlandse-gamesindustrie/ )〕 Over 45 of the companies are located in the Dutch Game Garden, a government subsidized organization with the aim of promoting and improving the video games industry in the Netherlands. ==Consumer availability== In 2007, the Dutch game industry surpassed the Dutch film industry for the first time in history. The growth of the games industry in the Netherlands is about 50% higher than any other industry in the Netherlands' region. Despite the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, the situation of video gaming in the Netherlands is not all that bad. Both publishers and retailers report that the crisis has certainly not caused a drop in sales, while at times, sales have even improved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Video gaming in the Netherlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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