I am a bit suspicious about the data given by the ESA as they do not state too clearly where they get the data. CESA does annual quantitative study (~1000 people) and Kogia & Elspa graphs and figures are based on the market data. Besides these industry associations, I was able to find one report which is actually quite ok. It is OECD The Online Computer and Video Game Industry report. It was done already in 2005 so it does not contain the most up-to-date information. For example...
Nowadays there surely are more than two (notable) game studios in Finland. It is true that in the beginning of 2000 only Remedy (Max Payne) and Housemarque (Supreme Snowboarding) had sold 1M+ (++). Now Bugbear (FlatOut, FlatOut2) has gained respect by crossing the 1M (sold games) milestone as well. And companies like Sulake, RedLynx and Sumea are all doing fairly well. One signal of the growth of the industry is a directory compiled by Finnish Game Business, R&D Center Neogames (yes, another signal) of Finnish Game Companies (2006). We have also our national "Elspa" titled Figma prodiving sales figures (data gathered from importers).
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I have also been looking for reports done on the game industry, but mostly in casual games. Two good reports I came across include:
http://www.igda.org/casual/IGDA_CasualGames_Whitepaper_2006.pdf
http://www.casualgamesassociation.org/data/DFCCasualGames2006Report_CGA.pdf
Both are U.S. based organizations but it may be a start for you...
Cool, thanks! University of Tampere (in Finland) is doing some studied on casual gaming. If you want to know what's going on up here, you should get in touch with Aakoo: http://gameslices.wordpress.com/2007/05/
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