In Scotland, video games could be worth more than oil

Scotland’s video game industry has the potential to outstrip the worth of North Sea oil, according to one Scottish developer.

Representatives of the Scottish game industry made the case for better investment and support at a government meeting this week, reports the BBC. Chris Van der Kuyl, the chairman of 4J Studios — the small Scottish studio that ported the insanely popular block-builder Minecraft to consoles — appealed directly to members of parliament to take the potential of the game industry seriously, saying it could make the oil industry look like “a drop in the ocean.”