Next Xbox - No Disc Drive?

[Raz]

I honestly believe more people are going to have to turn toward independent creative entertainment fronts to keep the economy rolling. We simply aren't going to have the retail positions we have now in just a few years.

That's not a bad thing at all. The corporation tax within the UK is set at the one level, 20%, even the highest grossing banks in London pay the same 20% as an independent retailer on the high street, it's for this reason that most of the game development studios in the UK have died out or moved abroad. I'd say we've become way too dependent on tertiary jobs such as financial services and retail, I'd like to see the UK get back to production of both digital and physical goods. There's a lot of talent here that gets wasted or stolen and relocated to another country because we're simply not competitive enough.

So hopefully you're right, hopefully we'll fix our broken tax system and more indie studios will open up and we can support those studios in providing the entertainment of the next twenty years.

Edit: http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk...hallenges/

Looks like the tax percentage in the UK is being reduced. Good. Hopefully it'll help us have a nice welcome sign for new and existing businesses trading primarily from the UK.