Shanghai Game Industry Space Agglomeration Research

Based on the theories and research methods of economic geography,urban geography and cultural geography,the paper takes the geographic agglomeration of the game industry in Shanghai as the research object,and analyzes the Shanghai game industry from two dimensions of time and space.This paper analyzes the agglomeration and evolution of the game industry in Shanghai based on the spatial perspective of geography,and discusses its influencing factors.On the above basis,the paper puts forward the suggestions for the development of the game industry in Shanghai.The paper is divided into six chapters and four parts,and the main contents are briefly expounded.The first part is chapter 1,which mainly accounts for the research background,research significance,research methods and structure of the thesis.The second part is chapter 2,which mainly summarizes the literature review and related theories.From the perspective of industrial agglomeration,this chapter combs and analyzes the agglomeration of cultural and creative industries and the agglomeration of the game industry and its influencing factors,and introduces the theory closely related to the research.The third part includes chapter 3,4 and 5,which is the main body of this article.This part makes an empirical analysis on the development background and status of the game industry,the spatial agglomeration and evolvement characteristics of the game industry in Shanghai,and probes into the influencing factors of its agglomeration through ArcGIS spatial analysis tool,Crimestat software,literature reading method and other quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.The fourth part is chapter 6,which summarizes the main conclusions of this study;based on the previous analysis,this part mainly applies Porter's diamond model,and puts forward some suggestions for the development of the game industry in Shanghai;this part also looks into the future research direction of the game industry.In the analysis of the spatial agglomeration characteristics and influencing factors of the Shanghai game industry,we found that the spatial distribution characteristics of the game enterprises are significantly different.The game enterprises space agglomeration is obvious,and the agglomeration of core obviously changes in the research phase.In 2006,the agglomeration area dominated by Caohejing and Zhangjiang was formed.After six years,Zhangjiang became the only core of agglomeration.By 2016,the core of the agglomeration has shifted to Nanxiang.The agglomeration core of Shanghai game enterprises is changed from the initial "dual core agglomeration" to "single core agglomeration".Enterprises agglomeration relies on industrial base and industrial park.There is a double trend of agglomeration and diffusion of game enterprises.As the enterprises spread to the periphery of Jiading,Baoshan and other cities,agglomeration of Pudong and Xuhui is further strengthened.The agglomeration intensity of Shanghai game enterprises has been increasing,but the agglomeration size has not changed significantly.The intensity of agglomeration between the main agglomeration areas is positively correlated with the size of agglomeration.The factors that affect the spatial agglomeration of game enterprises in Shanghai are multifaceted.The paper mainly discusses its influencing factors from six aspects,such as the location demand,market demand,related industry,planning and policy,the availability of production factors,and cultural environment.Finally,this paper puts forward some suggestions for the development of the Shanghai game industry: firstly,increase policy support and optimize the game industry cluster;secondly,improve the supporting facilities and improve the performance of intelligent hardware;thirdly,promote cross-boundary integration and build the game's whole industry chain;finally,strengthen independent research and development,explore new markets and new fields.