By Kevin Lee
The numbers don’t lie
With the Xbox One and PS4 approaching their third birthdays, one would think every game developer is lining up to create new titles for consoles – and this is true, partially.
The latest GDC State of the Industry report, issued on January 15, shows the number of videogame developers working on Xbox One and PS4 roughly doubled in 2014 to 22% and 26%, respectively, since 2013. However, going further into the numbers tabulated from over 2,000 industry attendees who attended the GDC 2014 reveal PC development is still holding a long lead over consoles at 56%.
The number of PC games is not only greater than the percentage of titles currently in development for both the Xbox One and PS4 combined, it’s still growing by 3% compared to last year.
PC is king
Despite multiple proclamations of its death, PC gaming is in the midst of an ongoing renaissance. There are more games, and a diverse selection at that, then ever arriving for computers.
Consoles still play a big role in gaming, it’s just not the leading one. Of the same block …read more
Source: techradar.com – Gaming
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