Τα αποτελέσματα της τελευταίας έρευνας GDC State of the Industry έγινε διαθέσιμη και δείχνουν πως στο 2014, η πλειονότητα των developers απασχολήθηκε και απασχολείται με τίτλους που κυκλοφόρησαν ή θα κυκλοφορήσουν σε PC, με το ποσοστό να φτάνει το 56%. Πιο πίσω οι developers των mobile που παρουσίασαν πτώση σε σχέση με το 2013, ενώ το αντίθετο συνέβη με τους δημιουργούς παιχνιδιών για τις κονσόλες.
Πιο αναλυτικά τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας:
PC, PS4, Xbox One, mobile (GDC: “note games often are developed across multiple platforms”)
- 26% of developers surveyed said they’re currently working on a PS4 game; up from 14% in 2013
- 22% are currently working on an Xbox One game, up from 12% in 2013
- 56% of respondents said their current game will be released on PC
- 50% will release a current project on smartphones or tablets, compared to 53% and 52%, respectively, in 2013.
- 29% expect their next game to be on PlayStation 4, compared to 20% in 2013
- 24% expect the project to release for Xbox One, compared to 17% last year
- 53% expect their next game to release on PC
- 48% expect to release on smartphones or tablets
Digital Sales, Microtransactions, growth
- 29% of profits stemmed from direct sales to consumers or digital sales
- 21% said micro-transactions were their primary source of profit
- 13% said the majority of profits came from retail sales
- 19% said saw no profits; were non-profit; didn’t know
- 41% noted higher profits in 2014
- 9% said profits were higher in 2013
- 20% said profits were the same year-over-year
- 28% weren’t sure
- 40% of developers saw profit rise and staff expand
- 44% hired more staff in 2014
- 15% lost staff members
- 1% saw their company closed
- 38% said staff numbers were the same year-over-year
eSport Games
- 1 in 10 developers are making an eSpots game (12% of respondents)
- 79% perceive eSports to be a long-term, sustainable business
