Komdigi Targets Digital Industry To Achieve Economic Growth

Minister Of Komdigi Meutya Hafid/DOK Komdigi

JAKARTA The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) is now targeting the game industry to increase economic growth. According to Minister Komdigi Meutya Hafid, this creative sector is very promising.

"We understand that the game industry is a sufficient industry, or even very large, with a tendency to continue to increase. Of course, we also hope that in the movement to accelerate national economic growth to 8 percent," said Meutya on Friday, May 16.

According to Meutya, the game industry is not only promising domestically, but also internationally. The reason is, this sector is able to compete globally. If developed properly, this large industry can improve the country's economy.

To pay attention to this sector, Komdigi needs to have a direct dialogue with industry players. Meutya said that they must first understand the needs of the actors.

We believe it is necessary to understand the needs and aspirations of industry players," explained Meutya. "Especially today from local games as the key to synergy in realizing the ideals of national economic growth."

Chairman of the Indonesian Game Association (AGI) Shafiq Husein, who met directly with Meutya, revealed that the current global game market valuation has reached 187 billion US dollars (Rp3 quadrillion).

This valuation is twice as large as the combined film and music industry. Indonesia itself managed to record a market value of up to IDR 30 trillion. With this market value, Indonesia is the highest-value country in Southeast Asia and ranked 15th in the world.

However, the current income of local games is still very small, only about 2.5 percent of the Indonesian market every year. Around 97.5 percent of income goes into outside games. Therefore, Indonesia needs to have initial funding to compete with foreign games.