The Game Developers Conference has shared its latest 2019 survey, revealing some new interesting details about the state of our industry. According to the survey, the PC remains the leading platform as the majority of developers are making/releasing their games for it.
The Game Developers Conference has surveyed nearly 4,000 game developers and 56% of them said that their previous game was released on the PC. Furthermore, 66% of them stated that their next game will hit the PC platform and 62% anticipates that its next game will be released on it.
Furthermore, 60% of those surveyed stated that they are most interested on the PC platform, leaving behind each and every other console.
It’s also worth noting that 2% claimed that it is working exclusively on next-gen games, 46% claimed that it is working exclusively on current-gen games, and 16% claimed that it is working on games for both next-gen and current-gen platforms.
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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I want to wear a shirt with this graphic on it, run into a Gamestop and push over some displays before running away.
something something patriarchy
“PC remains the best platform as the majority of developers are interested/making games for it”
of course, it´s a free enterprise for PC development and deploying. console gaming has strings attached and a harder fanbase to deal with.
nah, not even close
What pays the bill better and you cant make indie for console and sell it so easy like on pc. I mean if you need to ask a developer that without knowing is kinda weird when you write articles about gaming.
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“the majority of developers are interested/making games for it”
Yeah Bull$#!7 nonsensical multiplayer always-online or f2p crap.
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what are you trying to say? did you think i’m in love with consoles?
Bull$#!7 nonsensical multiplayer always-online or f2p crap” from that’ss statement you came off as a console gamer
Or just not as insecure as you.
It’s the shekelhunting cycle. Create a smash hit, get ready for thousands of clones…
B-b-but muh PC gaming is dying!
I used to be a console peasant, after playing a game on PC I went all out buying the latest PC products and dont regret it 1 bit, its on a whole different level and makes you love the games a lot more
And yet i don’t feel the love from developers.
Because you are not playing the best sellers… F2P games. But you are right, some companies are so sucessful they are engaging in high scale player bullying (e.g. Blizzard censorship and making games for phones)
Nintendo Switch it will surpass Xbox and PS4 in 2019 by a lot!
Yuzu FTW.
But but but the most powerfull console and and exclusives . .. 4k .. And and …
LOL CONSOLE GAMER’S
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This guy spams everywhere. I think he might have dementia.
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The PC platform might be the most profitable platform for publishers and developers. But I can’t say anymore that it is the best platform to play games on.
Most games nowadays just seem to have so many optimization problems that simply weren’t as problematic before.
I wan’t the PC to be the best platform to play on, I’ve invested a lot of money in my own gaming rig. But it’s so hard to get excited for any new games when you know that they are gonna be botched on the PC due to the publishers not giving enough time or resources to developers in order to squeeze out solid ports.
I’m sorry but what games are we talking about here?
The only 2 that come to my mind are Monster Hunter World and Batman Arkham Knight.
Batman Arkham Knight is fixed though that launch should never be excused.
Monster Hunter World in it’s dodgy state even at launch was still much smoother than the console versions. I like Monster Hunter World but I seriously think they botched every version of that game.
Despite Batman Arkham Knight being more stable, it has never and will never be up to par with how Arkham Asylum and Arkham City was optimized. And all versions of that game is also botched along with Monster Hunter World.
Arkham Knight’s render and detail view is an extremely odd case.
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This is apparent through all versions. This is most likely due to Rocksteady’s stubbornness on developing the game on their modified Unreal Engine 3, when they should have taken their time on getting to know the basics of Unreal Engine 4.
Just Cause 3, while it works fine on the PC had server optimization issues that the console versions didn’t have.
NieR: Automata is a nightmare along with Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition and Just Cause 4.
Assassin’s Creed Origins has CPU Utilization issues, while Odyssey fixed that. But instead it got GPU Utilization issues in it’s place.
The Crew 2, Unbelievably bad server and multiplayer optimization that the first game managed to control better. And the first game wasn’t perfect either.
I don’t think 2017 or 2018 has been a good year for gamers in any way with botched products. Sure, this has maybe gone for more years than we know. But those 2 years just seemed to be the most problematic.
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Console peasants are going to get triggered now, hehe.
Sony zealot bizzysgs incoming! Maybe we’ll also witness an inglorious return of Sp4ctr0 Spencer at this difficult time for them. Bless.
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DDR4 3200MHZCL15 GS KILL RIP JAWS GTX 970 G1 GAMING DELLP2416D 24”
2560X1440 60 HZ IPS RUNS EVRYTHING MAXED 1440P 30+ FPS!
I think I missed this comment of yours, ’cause I also posted a similar meme/pic (see above), but at that time your comment was not visible to me. When I refreshed this page/article, then only I saw your post. You beat me on this one.
Strange Disqus behavior I presume ?, lol. đŸ˜€
Yours appeared first due to you having uploaded whereas I linked mine so was still awaiting moderator approval. Your internets fu beat me!
Oh never mind, but I don’t think posting images actually requires a permission from the mod/admin here on DSOG, unless the image itself it a link/url ?
Anyways, I usually save any said image on my desktop, and then upload it here via the “Upload Images” button….Mostly external links/urls require an approval from the mod/admin here though.
Yes, I just said that I linked the image I used. Hence the delay.
This is such meaningless drivel.
Top grossing and played games are all F2P trash, that is what PC gaming has become.
The only quality exclusives are strategy and isometric games which are a niche market overall.
Steam is filled with garbage and Valve has no interest in curating and investing in good games.
I use PC for multiplats, but Sony hands down has the most consistent high quality games with tangible effort and passion put into them. Luckily I just recently got a PS4 Pro so I’m getting to play an excellent backlog.
Consistent games my a@ @ you mean they have games for the brain dead and btw I own a ps4 pro but I will have to disagree with your retarded statement
A bunch of console exclusives (getting less and less by the day) is enough for some to throw in the towel…
AHAHAHAH
Funny, very funny.
I agree with the 2 paragraphs, but disagree with the last. PC niche market still trumps ps4 titles. But yeah, Valve and F2P giants swims on money but can’t create or sponsor a single high profile (or even a midsize project) game for PC. No more passion, unless it is to spread SJW garbage…
>PC niche market still trumps ps4 titles
It does not if you fall outside that minuscule demographic.
Not my fault people like crappy games. What are these ps4 titles so hyped about: Arkham City and Dark Souls clones? LMAO
That niche demographic has more genres, plenty of them pretty mainstream.
Sony and Rockstars garbage is just easy to get into due to it’s production values, as games they completely fail to impress.
>as games they completely fail to impress
In your opinion.
If you have noticed, I do not belittle PC’s niche market just because I’m not into most of it.
I love how all of you got triggered and decided to pounce on my comment, should I have prefaced it with the fact that I’ve been a PC gamer my whole life? Only consoles i’ve owned were the PS1 and now the PS4 Pro, which I got for dirt cheap with a bunch of games, that’s the only reason I have it, I’m not out here telling anyone that it’s worth the 400$ investment for a few first party exclusives.
The PC market is diluted with garbage, the top played titles are all online, mostly F2P garbage.
We no longer have studios making PC centric quality single player games like Half Life and STALKER.
PC now offers me nothing except the ability to customize my experience and high end hardware.
“I love how all of you got triggered and decided to pounce on my comment”
I ‘m not the one making a wall of text mate.
Nice meme arrows by the way
Enjoy your movies, I’ll be playing my strat games in the meantime.
The only “movie” games Sony releases are the garbage made by David Cage and the Uncharted series.
I am currently playing HZD and it’s one of the best open world games made to date, they took a lot of inspiration from TW3 and the gameplay is actually far better.
HZD is a Ubisoft Open World inspired SJWfest, but sure
Could have at least listed something decent like SotC which still has the gameplay intact despite ruining the art design and atmosphere.
True words! You make a solid point. I 100% Agree ?
Then why do the games constantly, continually impress?
Seems like you’re not as good at debating as your name would imply.
They impress with their production values, their gameplay is the most cookie cutter garbage you can possibly have.
“I just recently got a PS4 Pro”
My sincere condolences. Get well soon.
I can’t believe you actually fell for the marketing.
Next you’ll tell me their generic as f*k games that remove control from you 70% of the time are innovative.
27% interested in developing for VR headsets. I love it.
PC(Windows) 60% + Mac 14% + Linux 8% = PC 82%
46% on exclusive. we all know what it means. PS4 38% + 46%. bye2 any other platform. PC is not a profitable platform especially on SP games. PC only popular on moba, online, free2play.
While I am pro PC, the one thing I seriously hate is Valve’s complete lack of quality control. Steam Direct is a disaster. So many absolute sh*t games flooding Steam makes it harder for true quality indie games to get a chance in the spotlight. Many indies get popular by word of mouth because Steam hardly provides any chance for actual developers.
Go to Steam and type in hentai. Without asking whether hentai games belong on Steam (I don’t really care either way) but just take a look at the actual games. 80% is just sliding puzzles with a hentai picture or a sh**ty break out clone. There is a game about rape on Steam. A game about suicide. There was a game where you kill gay people for being gay. A school shooting game. And so many other Direct games that barely work. WTF is Valve thinking?!
I like Steam, I like PC and it is great that many indies also find success. I just got My Time at Portia and it is really fun. But to find games like that I have to sift through hundreds of absolute shovelware sh*t that is just as bad as the Google Play Store. This isn’t about censorship. It’s about having standards. On one hand, many PC gamers say they have higher standards than people on consoles. Higher fidelity graphics, better frame rate, more stable, cheaper, more control options, mods, free online. But when the issues with the quality control of Steam gets brought up, suddenly we have lower standards than the mobile gaming industry. Steam deserves better. PC deserves better. Real indie developers deserve better.
Article doesn’t back up title.
This must be a biss article the market is going mobile.dont you have phones?….lol
imagine the smell in that room
Some related news on GDC 2020, john..
GDC Rescheduled to a Three Day “GDC Summer” Set for August 4-6 by Raevenlord Today, 18:38 Discuss (1 Comment)
https://www.techpowerup.com/264939/gdc-rescheduled-to-a-three-day-gdc-summer-set-for-august-4-6
2020’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), originally set to be live from March 16th through March 20th, was one of the first tech shows to be cancelled in wake of the Sars-Cov-2 outbreak.
Now, the organization has announced that the event has been rescheduled a full 5 months later for August 2020. The event has been set for a three-day “GDC Summer” still taking place in Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA, starting August 4th and ending August 6th. Passes for the exhibition are already available, with early takers being offered heavy discounts over the on-floor passes.