GDC Survey 2021: Developers Are Interested in PC & PS5 Games
The GDC Revealed The Results of Their Annual Survey Ahead of GDC 2021.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has released the results of the ninth annual State of the Industry Survey, revealing trends in the game industry ahead of GDC 2021 which will take place virtually July 19-23. More than 3,000 games industry professionals weighed in on what has been a tumultuous year as developers adjusted to remote work, dealing with pandemic stress and being increasingly isolated, while creating entertainment content. The survey results show that while the pandemic caused delays for close to half of the respondents, studios overall grew or stayed the same over the last year and that work-life balance evened out after a rough first few months, with most developers now working standard 40-hour workweeks.
The survey also showed interesting shifts in larger industry trends, including greater disapproval of the 30% revenue share many digital storefronts employ, justifying newer, more developer-friendly revenue share models being introduced by Apple, Google, and Epic. There’s also a growing interest in developing games for PlayStation 5, with PC continuing to reign as the platform of choice.
The results of the survey also showed, that only 3% of the respondents believe that 30% of the revenue that goes to a store holder is justified. That is down from the 2020 survey when 6% of the polled developers thought so. Game developers largely rely on third-party digital storefronts such as Steam, GOG, Google Play, Apple’s App Store, and the Epic Games Store to sell their games. Selling games via these services come at a cost — the standard share has been 70% for the developer, and 30% for the platform holder.
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