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Consider these stats from the Game Developers Association of Australian (GDAA): the Australian games industry is worth an estimated $140 million per year and:
? Australians spend over $2 million per day on interactive computer games
? Total sales in financial year 2006-07 for the industry was $1 billion
? Annual compound growth of the industry is 12.3 per cent
? 12.5 million games were sold in 2006
? 6.1 million video game consoles have been sold since 2000
? 3.6 million Australian households have a video game console
? 4.8 million Australian households have an internet enabled PC which is capable of playing games
? 8,500 Australians are directly employed in the video game industry in 2007
