Where the in the world are the game jobs?

Figuring out how many game jobs there are in the world is a laudable goal. But it’s easier said that done.
I embarked on this task a while ago as part of a quest to figure out which regions of the world are most competitive when it comes to making and publishing games. PC and console games once ruled, and it wasn’t as easy to figure out which regions were strong: Japan, the U.S., and parts of Europe.
But the iPhone changed that starting in 2008, when the app store opened. And now mob