NAICS Canada 513212—Video game publishers

Where 513212 sits

1. 51 Information and cultural industries
2. 513 Publishing industries
3. 5132 Software publishers
4. 51321 Software publishers
5. 513212 Video game publishers

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in video game publishing. These establishments carry out operations necessary for producing and distributing computer video game software, such as designing video games, providing documentation, and providing support services to video game purchasers.

What 513212 excludes

• Custom designing video games to meet the needs of specific users (see 541515 video game design and development services (can))
• Mass duplication of video games (see 334610 manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media (mex))
• Providing access to video games for clients from a central host site (see 518210 computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services)

Example activities

• video game designing and developing (with publishing)
• video game software publishing
• video game software publishing (including designing and developing)
• designing and publishing or publishing video games only
• video game software publishing exclusively on internet

513212 in other systems