GDC: Game Industry Report 2023
Web3 games are a hot topic, but developers are not interested in them.
GDC is releasing the annual report to figure out the latest trends in the game industry. This year 2,300 people from the sector answered questions. 85% of respondents are from the US & Europe.
PC is a pure leader across platforms. 65% of developers are making the game on PC now, and 57% are planning to release the next project on PC. PlayStation 5 is second with 33% on both statuses.
Three platforms of developers’ interest are PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.
Half of the developers are working on Premium titles. 36% are creating F2P Games. Only 4% of companies are working on games with blockchain monetization.
Developers believe more in the metaverse in Fortnite (14%), than in Horizon Worlds from Meta (7%). They also believe in Minecraft (7%) and Roblox (5%).
Interest in blockchain development didn’t grow since 2022. 75% are not interested at all, 16% are ready to review blockchain game opportunities, 7% are interested, and only 2% are working on the Web3 titles.
44% of respondents are sure that the game market consolidation is a bad thing. 17% are sure that it will bring only positive changes.