Survey: 70% of Developers Working on PC, Xbox 360 Tops Console Development

August 14, 2008 12:27 PM

Some 70% of professionals in the game development industry are currently at work on games for the PC, according to survey data presented by Game Developer Research.

The survey sampled 2,000 game development professionals from North America and elsewhere, in which 70% of participants said that they were currently developing titles bound for PC and Mac. 43% are creating games for consoles and 28% for web-based platforms, while just 16% of those sampled working on titles for handheld platforms.

Among the console developers, 73% of those responding to the survey are working on titles for the Xbox 360, followed by 58%—which includes some of those same Xbox 360 developers—working on PlayStation 3. 42% of participants reported work on the Wii, while 15% are creating games for the PlayStation 2.

Within those developers working on handheld platforms, the Nintendo DS held the lion's share of the raw numbers with 75% of the developers working on the system. 45% reported development on the PSP.

Aaron Linde

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quadeh

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August 14, 2008 12:31 PM

PC GAMING IS DEAD DEVELOPERS HAVENT YOU HEARD?!
- omwibya
  
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  August 14, 2008 12:34 PM
  
  that's exactly what I wanted to say :))
- ps2rules300
  
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  August 14, 2008 2:49 PM
  
  Right, its dead. That's why so many people are going to the PC. PC gaming is not dead considering how many MMO players are out there. Then top that off with digital distribution aka "STEAM" like software to get games out there. You have a market that's not dieing but growing. This whole thing about PC gaming is dead is just a hoax trying to scare PC gamers away from a platform that not only outperforms any console out, but graphically speaking can totally knock the processing and Graphics processing power of a console of its feet. My 2 cents. Happy Gaming.