5th Annual State-of-the-Industry Survey Results

The Game Developers Conference has released the results of the fifth annual State of the Industry Survey, revealing trends in the games industry ahead of GDC 2017 this February. Among the many learnings from the survey of more than 4,500 game developers who have attended GDC in the last three years is the development community’s optimism for Nintendo’s upcoming Switch platform, with half of respondents believing that the platform can outsell the Wii U in its lifetime. Other findings include an ambivalence among developers on the benefits of mid-cycle console updates like PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox’s “Project Scorpio.” Clear preferences for HTC’s Vive platform have also appeared through a series of questions regarding Virtual Reality technology.

A more detailed analysis of the survey can be found at http://www.gdconf.com/game-industry-report-2017.