How video game developers relate to modern gaming platforms

Organizers of the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) conducted a survey of more than 2,000 video game developers living in North America. The survey covered a variety of topics that excite the creators of games around the world, but we will dwell only on some issues and try to consider them a little more.

The main question, which the organizers asked the developers, was: "For which platforms do you develop your games?". The results turned out to be quite interesting. The past generation of game consoles slowly but surely goes back in time. To the fore, Sony PlayStation 4 and Xbox One triumph. Although personal computers also have a sin to complain. Now let's move on to statistics and figures.

PlayStation 4 games are developed by 26% of respondents (last year they were only 14%). The Xbox One console is handled by 22% of developers (last year - 12%). But the PC was on a horse with its 56% (last year - 53%). We can say that more than half of the game developers who took part in the survey tend to first of all please the owners of gaming personal computers with their new projects.

50% of the surveyed developers plan to release their games for smartphones and tablets (52% last year). As you can see from the figures, interest in mobile platforms is slow, but decreasing. No one will be surprised by evil birds on the tenth circle.

In this case, you should not understand these numbers literally, because many developers release their games simultaneously on several platforms, so remember that it's not just about exclusive projects, but also about multiplatform.

The developers were also asked what in the past, in 2014, brought them the main income. The first place in the list of sources of income is occupied by digital sales of games in specialized services like Steam, PSN and Xbox Live (29% of respondents). In second place in terms of profitability so unloved by many smartphone owners microtransactions (21%). And the third place is occupied with the sale of games on physical media through regular stores (13%).

Another new trend can be considered the fact that every tenth of the interviewed developers claim that his studio creates a game in the genre of eSport, in other words, an competitive multiplayer project in which skills and speed solve everything. E-sports has become insanely popular these days, so you should expect an influx of new shooters, MOBA games and other projects of similar focus in 2015.

At the end of this material, we remind you that the next GDC 2015 exhibition will open its doors to visitors in San Francisco on March 2 this year and last for four days. If you are developing games, you can also participate in this event. So hurry up apply on the official site. Thanks to the GDC, the whole world can learn about your future game.

The article is based on materials https://hi-news.ru/games/kak-razrabotchiki-videoigr-otnosyatsya-k-sovremennym-igrovym-platformam.html.