The Situation in Germany: Freezing While Waiting for the Tax-Based System
Shortly after the election, the first funding pot for games at the federal level runs dry. Once again, the industry loses valuable time while politics in Berlin sorts itself out. Part 1 of our series of funding articles from the last print edition for our GM+ subscribers.
Actually, it could be so simple: Politicians from almost all parties agree that Germany needs strong and, above all, reliable games funding. The grand coalition introduced federal funding years ago, and the so-called traffic light coalition has continued and further developed it. They all recognized that the best way to ensure planning security and avoid the ever-present threat of budget freezes is a tax-based funding model, which particularly benefits large productions. The idea was — and still...