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IGEA COVID-19 Survey

The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented change in the way businesses operate, including those in the games industry.

It is crucial that we understand the impacts the situation is having on our industry, how you believe it may affect you in the mid to long-term and what measures you need from Government to support you as effectively as possible.

Importantly, we’re looking for responses from a wide range of games industry businesses - whether IGEA members or not - so we can build a robust picture of how coronavirus is affecting the sector and liaise with government stakeholders accordingly.

Please complete this survey by COB, Thursday 9th of April and help guide our engagement and support.

Please note: all information provided will be treated in strict confidence and will only be used in an anonymised fashion in our work with government departments. We may contact you to follow up on your response if we think we can offer support or have any questions.
1.Please let us know who's answering this survey:
2.Broadly speaking, what is the role of your company:
3.In the immediate term, how has your revenue been affected?
4.Thinking of different revenue streams, how has each been affected:
Reduced
Remained stable
Increased
Unsure / too early to tell
N/A
Sales revenues
Contractual revenues
Live events revenues (e.g. esports)
Access to finance (e.g. loans, private investment, government funding)
5.If your immediate contractual revenue is reduced, what are the main causes?
6.In the immediate term, how have your costs been affected (e.g. staffing-related or remote working transition costs etc.)
7.What impact, if any, do you anticipate if current conditions last for another six months?
8.Is your business at risk of closure?
9.If your business is at risk of closure, please outline your main areas of concern here:
10.In the immediate term, are you making staff cutbacks or redundancies in your business?
11.if you are planning redundancies, please outline the anticipated number or percentage reduction of your workforce:
12.Has your business had to bring forward, postpone or cancel a product or event launch?
13.Do you have plans in place for your staff to work remotely?
14.What additional support does your business need to enable remote work for your staff:
Not a concern
Needed for some roles
Needed for all roles
Equipment
Improved home internet access
Network / infrastructure (e.g. server access, security)
Practical advice
Resources for supporting staff's mental health
15.What impacts is remote working having on your businesses' productivity?
16.Has the cancelling or postponement of events, such as business trips, tradeshows or marketing events, caused you to incur a direct or downstream financial loss? (e.g. not being able to recoup the expense or lost contracts etc.)
17.Overall, is the Government doing enough to support your organisation? (If you are unsure what support is available, please consult our stimulus packages tables for federal, state-based and city-based initiatives.)
Federal Government
State Government
Local Government
Yes, the response is great
Many issues addressed
A few issues addressed
No, very little support
Unsure/too early to tell
18.What more should the Government be doing to help support your business in the immediate terms  (If you are unsure what support is available, please consult our stimulus packages tables for federal, state-based and city-based initiatives.)
19.From a business perspective, what impact of COVID-19 or the government’s response are you most concerned about?
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