Those tax incentives — a collection of deductions, write-offs and credits mostly devised for other industries in other eras — now make video game production one of the most highly subsidized businesses in the United States, says Calvin H. Johnson, who has worked at the Treasury Department and is now a tax professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Rich Tax Breaks Bolster Video Game Makers – NYTimes.com

I’m sure the videogame industry’s relationship with the military doesn’t hurt much, either.

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